浅析明清徽州宗族的教育理想

Brief Study on Huizhou Patriarchal Clan's Educational Ideal During the Ming and Qing Dynasties

明清时期,徽州宗族教育的根本目的是振兴宗族。基于这一总需要,徽州宗族又将振宗兴族的总目标细分为三个方面:首先是通过科举入仕,光宗耀祖;二是科举不成,学得治生手段,争取富贵出头;三是富贵不成,亦可断文识字,勤于耕读。在宗族的大力奖劝下,明清徽州社会一片繁荣,呈现出封建社会少有的和谐富裕景象。

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the general education aim of Huizhou patriarchal clan was to vitalize the patriarchal clan. in order to made this general aim come true, Huizhou patriarchal clan furtherly subdivided their general education aim in three arrangements： firstly, to pass the imperial examination and became an official, which can bring glory on their ancestors; secondly, to learn the technical abilities to earn their livings, striving for being a rich and honour person; thirdly, to be diligent in the agriculture work and reading. Encouraged by the Huizhou patriarchal clan, the society of Huizhou was rich and booming, and presented a harmonious and prosperous situation, which rarely appeared during the feudal period.