ABSTRACT

The history of Chinese education is among one of the longest in the world, comparable to that of the Jewish and of the Indian. The Chinese experience is usually and rightly considered to have begun with Confucius, as his influence is still seen as pervasive in the Chinese thinking and personality. Although in speaking of the formation of the Chinese tradition, one could also go beyond Confucius, there is no denial that Confucius was the first Chinese thinker to articulate comprehensively on the purpose, content, and even institution of formal education.