Uncle Shoun’s in-depth explanation of the name 0101 of "Tao Xingzhi"

C-1-003 Tao Xingzhi

Character introduction: Chinese people’s educator, thinker, great democratic fighter, patriot, Chinese people One of the main leaders of the National Salvation Association and the China Democratic League.

Character name: Tao Xingzhi’s original name: Tao Wenjun (simplified Chinese: "Tao Wenjun")

Date of birth: ( October 18, 1891 - July 25, 1946)

Place of birth: Huangtanyuan Village, Xixiang, She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province

Origin of the name: Tao Xingzhi’s two sisters died in infancy. Tao’s father wanted his son to be blessed by Buddhism, so his nickname was “Monk”. When he was in private school, his teacher Fang Shuxian thought it was indecent, so he gave him the academic name "Wen Jun" (taken from "Shun Dian": "Xun Zhe Civilization"). When he was in college, he believed in Wang Yangming's "unity of knowledge and action", so he changed "Wen Jun" to "knowledge and action". Later, in the educational practice, I realized the fallacy of "Knowledge is the beginning of action, and action is the completion of knowledge" that I believed in when I was young. I turned to believe that "Action is the beginning of knowledge, knowledge is the completion of action", so I changed my name to "Xing". Know".

Uncle Shoun’s Interpretation: The two name changes have specific symbolic significance in Tao Xingzhi’s educational life and career, and can be regarded as Tao Xingzhi’s educational thinking. An important sign of turning.

Naming examples: Cheng Zhixing, Xing Shizhi

Entertainment interruption: Fan Chengshi (you told the story of life True meaning)

Extended reading: When Tao Xingzhi heard someone affectionately call him the dung-picking principal, he happily said, "One hundred poems can be written by smelling cow dung." Tao Xingzhi once studied with Dewey, but he did not follow Dewey like Hu Shi. Dewey advocated education as life, and Tao Xingzhi advocated life as education. After Tao Xingzhi founded Xiaozhuang Normal University, he attached great importance to agricultural production and labor. He often took off his clothes. Changshan was busy in the fields with the students. He wrote a couplet for the auditorium of Xiaozhuang Normal University, made friends with horses, cows, sheep, chickens, dogs and dolphins, and worked hard on rice, rice, beans, wheat, millet and millet.