French Sinology. Issue 8: Special Issue on the History of Education

Author: Editorial Committee of Sinologie fran?aise
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This issue selects articles from a special thematic collection titled "Chinese Education and Training," published by Editions Peeters between 2003, which is part of the Collection de l’Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales. The collection consists of three volumes, titled Basic Education, Professional Training, and Non-formal Education, fully showcasing the outcomes of an academic conference held in Paris four years earlier with the same theme. In June 1999, the international academic conference "Chinese Education and Training" was successfully held in Paris, organized by the Chinese Research Center of the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales and funded by the Franco-Chinese Foundation. The primary goal of the conference was to move beyond the traditional focus on official examinations and scholar-official training under Confucian orthodoxy, exploring neglected educational methods, perspectives, and related issues. These studies remind us that education, as the core of Confucian thought, is not solely implemented by literati and officials but also requires experts from various fields to participate. By examining the education of different dynasties as a whole, spanning from ancient times to the 20th century, we can observe its evolutionary process or substantive content.