Author(s)

Xiaoyan Ying

Corresponding Author

Xiaoyan Ying

Abstract

Cai Yuanpei is the pioneer and practitioner of the thought of aesthetic education in China. His thought of “promoting moral education through aesthetic education” breaks the disciplinary boundary between aesthetic education and moral education, and achieves harmonious unification of rationality and sensibility, which is of great significance for the formation of moral education system in China. This paper starts from the theory basis of the formation of his thought, by combing, summing up its target, characteristics and methods and combining with the reality to learn the revelation of time value. Cai Yuanpei, the founder of China's capitalist education system at the beginning of the 20th century, was honored as “the leader of the academic circle and the model of the world” by later generations. His thought of “promoting moral education through aesthetic education” breaks the disciplinary boundary between aesthetic education and moral education, and plays an important role in the development of moral education in China.

Keywords

Cai yuanpei; The thought of aesthetic education promoting moral education; The contemporary value