A world-renowned civilian educator
during the time of the people, many wise men were looking for a way to save their country, and rural construction was one of the important aspects.
the campaign changed to some extent the face of rural china and provided the quality of farmers.
in the first place, he is one of the active leaders in building villages.
in 1890, xiyang was born in a teacher's home in sichuanba county and, although born in the traditional school of chanmen, he was born with the support of enlightened fathers to attend western-style education in schools run by western missionaries.
be baptized at the age of 11 and become a religious christian.
at the same time, recent advanced western ideas have taken root in this young mind.
he was admitted to the university of hong kong in 1913 with outstanding results at the beginning of the year.
three years later, he was admitted to yale university in the united states of america for a bachelor's degree in political science and economics.
at that time, when the first world war was raging, china declared war on germany in its national interest, sending a large number of workers to europe to support the coalition forces on the front line.
in 1918, xiuyang became the field service officer of the north american young men's christian association to france to serve chinese workers.
he saw hundreds of thousands of chinese workers not only living in hardship, but also often being bullied by westerners, who not only were ignorant, but also had many vices of “depressing their misfortune and angering them.” the suffering and ignorance of my fellow countrymen have deeply stung the patriotism of xinyang.
what has been seen and heard on the battlefield has led to a profound reflection on our own nation and on all vulnerable ethnic groups in the early days of the war, which has given rise to the ideal of improving china through civilian education, improving its citizens and revitalizing china.
he went to princeton university after the war to continue his studies and returned to his country in 1920, where he worked in the ministry of intellectual education of the national association of young men ' s christian associations in shanghai, where he conducted civilian education.
at that time, the chinese church was deeply influenced by social evangelical thinking and considered the transformation of society an important mission for christians.
so, the "agricultural missionary" emerged in the church.
they advocated village-building in the hope that “the return of china will be achieved not only by raising agricultural leaders to improve the rural economy, but also by sowing the seeds of the christian faith into the hearts of farmers”.
such ideas coincided with the first time in his life with the chinese association for the promotion of civilian education.
he soon realized that illiteracy in china was concentrated in rural areas.
as a result, in 1926, he selected hebei ding county as a pilot district of the ping church, which launched a major rural construction campaign.
a holistic approach to rural construction has evolved in the context of education for all.
zhongyang has classified the problems of rural areas in china as “massive, poor, weak, and private” and advocates that they be treated separately by the arts, livelihood, health, and citizens' “four major education”.
this educational proposition and the work they do include: some 600,000 words of folk art, including drums, songs, proverbs, stories, jokes, etc., have been selected, practical folk drawings, musical specs, etc., singing competitions, rural theatres, and various artistic events. i'm sorry— poverty: he conducts agricultural scientific research, carries out experimental farms, improves pig and chicken species; he trains farmers in “living training” such as agricultural promotion of good seeds, pest and disease control, scientific pig raising, chicken raising, beekeeping, organizing farmers' self-help associations, cooperatives, cooperative associations, and extensive economic activities in credit, purchase, production and transport. — weak: through the implementation of health education, he has created a rural medical health system, village health workers, joint village health clinics and district health clinics. in 1934, the system was built throughout the county, and farmers could not afford more than a centipede per person per year. significant achievements have been made in controlling smallpox epidemics and treating trachoma and skin diseases. — private: at the beginning of the year, it was considered that the basis of civilian education was literacy education, with the centre being civic education, in order to foster the public heart and spirit of cooperation of the people. they publish materials on civic education, conduct research on rural self-government, direct civic activities and family education. although some criticisms have been ineffective and have made little sense, even some of the fundamentalists believe that this practice is not evangelical and is not sufficient. but he persisted, because education was a “hundred-year-old”, not an overnight event. as long as someone is willing to insist, it will be possible to achieve results after generations of effort. it is an extreme view as to the question of whether the gospels believe that there is no gospel. in the history of the church, there are missionaries who have witnessed the love of christ in practice by serving the village, thus facilitating the transmission of the gospel. in the early history of the church of england, missionaries helped residents to fish and opened the evangelical door. moreover, according to statistics from the 1980s, hebei ding county had become an illiteracy-free county and had eliminated smallpox because of the good foundation that had been laid at the beginning of the year. in those years, the ping church had introduced good pigs, high-quality yangs and good apples, which were still well known and rich. rural construction can be seen to be effective. of course, in an era when the cause of zhongyang had failed to achieve its purpose, the fight against the death and death of the day was an overwhelming one, and the only way to stop it was to take the pain and abandon it. at the beginning of the fighting, he was actively involved in the rescue movement and in 1940 the chongqing village construction college was established. she is the first president. in 1942, he founded a factory for the families of the anti-japanese soldiers. they have contributed to the fight against victory. in 1943, initiatives such as the commemorative committee established by the united states to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of copernicus, a committee of 180 distinguished educators and scientists selected “the great people of the modern world with revolutionary contributions”, the results of which resulted in the election of 10 people, including the zhongyang and utilitarian philosopher dewe and the physicist einstein. in the early days of the year, the only son and daughter who received such a privilege. after the 1950s, sunyang began to extend civilian education to the world, leaving his beautiful trail, known as “the father of civilian education”, in south-east asia, south asia, latin america and africa. in 1985, she finally returned to her country and visited sichuan. a civilian educator who lived a lifetime of glory in march 1990 was born in new york