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The Educational Thoughts in… M. Kadkhodaei & J. Zeng (37
(Yang, 1980, Part. 7, masses of the lower classes of
Chapter. 20) the community worked very
hard for survival every day,
2. The Limitation of Learning and are subject to the
Science Before Confucius oppression of slave owners
Reformation with The and nobles. Even if these
Idea of Public Education civilian children eager to
Throughout history, Confucius learn; but learning is limited
was one of the first promoters to the nobles of the
of public education for all government (The original
categories of society. His
students were not divided into Text is: 学在官府：Learning
noble and rich nor the poor. in the feudal official), there is
His only condition for no school for common people,
teaching was the learner’s there is no teacher, only the
desire to learn. noble children are allowed to
Confucius states: receive education.
There should be no social In Confucius era in which
distinction in attaining it had already ended the
education. (有教无类). Spring and Autumn period,
the number of the official
(Ibid, Part. 15, Chapter. 38)
schools decreased and the
The object of education is private schools were about to
training a group of people break out.
who are educated. Confucius issued a declaration
Confucius lived in the era of “provide education for all
of the Spring-Autumn Period, people without discrimination”.
when China was in the era of Chinese history has different
slavery society, the broad interpretations of this concept;
