Liang Shuming and Chinese Jiangxue Tradition

In the age ofMay Fourth Movementwhen most Chinese people respected western culture as the Bible,and abandoned oriental culture as poison,Liang Shuming was committed to drawing on the experience of Chinese Jiangxue tradition which has existed since the ancient times,so as to correct the shortcoming of education,resurrect the anxious and decadent youth,and save the depressed and declining China.The reason for what he did is derived from his critical awareness of the drawbacks of the migration of western educational pattern,the profound mental purgatory of life experience and the unique understanding of Chinese culture.The origin of Liang Shuming's lifelong education practice can be traced back to The Eastern and Western Culture and Philosophy which advocatedscale new Jiangxue style.Therefore,we can say that Jiangxue is the key to understanding Liang shuming's education concepts and practice.