Li Zhenxi – Love and Education (Supplemented Edition)

Author: Li Zhenxi
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Heartfelt and moving educational stories that touch everyone, "China's Sukhomlinsky," Special-grade teacher, Outstanding educator, Trusted by parents and students as a class teacher, Awarded the "Five One Project" Grand Prize by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, Ice Heart Book Award, First Prize of the "Oriental Cup" Scientific Research Achievement Award by the Chinese Educational Society, A New Classic of the New Era in Education, A Heart for Education (Supplement Edition), Added 1/3 new content. A classic that has changed the education of millions of teachers, a poem that moves a vast number of readers, and a forever beautiful educational fairy tale.
Li Zhenxi is a teacher in the style of Sukhomlinsky in China.
—Sukhomlinskaya, daughter of the late Soviet educator Sukhomlinsky
From Li Zhenxi’s diary, we can draw the most important revelation: first, to recognize the goal of our educational activities. It is not a stack of report cards, a pile of classifications, or admission notices to higher schools, but living, breathing people—talented individuals who can stand firm in the future society and create their own paths.
—Yu Xinyan (formerly Xu Weicheng, former Executive Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee)
After reading Li Zhenxi’s A Heart for Education for two and a half days, I shed tears several times. I was moved by a teacher’s love, innocence, sorrow, sincerity, confidence, and natural tears. It is rare to find such a high-level "case study in education" like A Heart for Education!
—Zha Youliang (Researcher at the Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, renowned scholar)
I read A Heart for Education with great admiration. The result was a heart full of. Education is after all different from philosophy or logic; while it does not reject dialectical thinking, it absolutely cannot lack love. Only with sincere love can there be flowing blood and a living education. A Heart for Education is a living educational theory. It lives because it is rooted in countless life and educational examples, which are jointly participated in and created by Li Zhenxi and his students. There is the dedication of Li the teacher, as well as the love of the students in return for Li.
—Cheng Hongbing (Renowned special-grade Chinese teacher, Principal of Shanghai Jianping High School)
The writing style of Li Zhenxi’s educational monographs is also very innovative. It does not abstractly explain theories or rigorously deduce them but narrates and discusses examples, with the examples themselves permeating educational philosophy. It is not the writing style commonly seen in educational treatises; it does not have a stern face or use abstract logical concepts to argue principles.
—Han Jun (Renowned special-grade Chinese teacher)
This book is Li Zhenxi’s breakthrough work and masterpiece, written in the form of a diary, narrating the touching stories of Li Zhenxi’s teaching and nurturing students. A father of student Wang Bin insisted on leaving a basket of eggs to thank Li Zhenxi for his care for his son, and Li Zhenxi boiled an egg every day on a small kerosene stove to deliver to Wang Bin. Ning Wei, a studious but financially struggling student, was kind and frugal, and Li Zhenxi gave her money to supplement her nutrition. After falling short of a few points in the college entrance exams, Ning Wei was emotionally distraught, but Li Zhenxi encouraged her consistently. His eight years of correspondence and phone calls became the greatest driving force behind Ning Wei’s successful life. Wu Jian, whose father had passed away and whose family was in debt, considered dropping out of school, but Li Zhenxi supported his classmates in raising funds and donations for him. During the vacation, Li Zhenxi took his students on a 30-li mountain hike to the field where Wu Jian worked. They shouted together, "Wu—Jian—You—Hao!" Tears streamed down Wu Jian’s face. The process of Li Zhenxi’s education and transformation of the "underachiever" Wan Tong is even more like a thrilling and heart-stirring story. Li Zhenxi’s sincere love for his students and the love of the students in return moved thousands upon thousands of readers—professors, scholars, civil servants, students, and their parents—towards tears. Wherever Li Zhenxi went, many teachers and students came, weary from their journey, to listen to his lectures as if on a pilgrimage. Many teachers were deeply moved and reflected after reading this book, changing their attitudes and thus their lives. In 1999, the book won the "Five One Project" Grand Prize by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ice Heart Book Award, and the First Prize of the "Oriental Cup" Scientific Research Achievement Award by the Chinese Educational Society. National major media widely reported its dissemination. Today, due to the pursuit of countless teachers, A Heart for Education has become a new classic in education.