Ma Xiangbo was born in 1840 and became a pioneer of educational reform during the republican period.He was responsible for introducing the idea that science and humanities should be valued equally in liberal arts educ...Ma Xiangbo was born in 1840 and became a pioneer of educational reform during the republican period.He was responsible for introducing the idea that science and humanities should be valued equally in liberal arts education,a concept that became key to the model of university education.Ma’s view of education combined Western humanism and science with classical Confucian humanism.His ideas still have a referential value for contemporary Chinese higher education and society.展开更多
文摘Ma Xiangbo was born in 1840 and became a pioneer of educational reform during the republican period.He was responsible for introducing the idea that science and humanities should be valued equally in liberal arts education,a concept that became key to the model of university education.Ma’s view of education combined Western humanism and science with classical Confucian humanism.His ideas still have a referential value for contemporary Chinese higher education and society.