Comparison and Contrast of Educational Thoughts of Confucius and Socrates

Both Confucius and Socrates are outstanding philosophers in the history of human civilization.Their thoughts are thesource of Eastern and Western culture and educational thoughts respectively.For example,the"humanity"advocated by Confuciushas had a great impact on Chinese society in the next two thousand years.And nowadays,this idea has broken through nationalboundaries and spread to all over the world.And,the famous"Socratic Method"has also exerted a tremendous influence on theeastern world,especially in education.And many schools use it to cultivate the critical thinking ability of students.In short,theirthoughts are rich in content and have far-reaching impact.Although in their educational thoughts are some similarities,they stillhave their own unique characteristics.Based on this understanding,this paper,from the perspective of cultural comparison and con-trast,regards Confucius’and Socrates’educational thoughts as the research focus,and draws the similarities and differences be-tween them through analysis,in order to comprehend them better.