The Modern Value of Confucius “Principle ‘Instruction Knows No Class Distinction’”

Abstract

Current issues such as uneven resource allocation among regions, between urban and rural areas, and among people continue to plague our education. Even though developing a lifelong education system is one of the big national strategies. Thus, it should be worth emphasizing that traditional educational thought still has its own influence on China’s current issues. discuss on instruction knowledge class distinctions within present day’s education developments.” Instruction knows no class distinction.” is a significant subject for reviewing this concept and exploring the deep meanings that exist throughout the history, investigating how such practices are impacting current day’s education gap, fostering equal distribution of education resources, and establishing lifelong education and learning. The idea presented in this article mainly adopts the library literature. Through research methods such as revising the original classical literature related to “Instruction knows no class distinction,” and revisiting relevant research outcomes from academia about the above-mentioned idea; following the present status of modern society in terms of education’s development, using cases to judge the practical significance of concepts. The main principle core of the idea of “Instruction knows no class distinction” including equal education and all-round education being attainable for everyone, and are the main element in reflecting the rights to education, resource allocation for disadvantaged groups and ensuring and promoting educational justice. It can be concluded that, in its universality and logic “Instruction knows no class distinction” stands out across time, providing ideological guidance for today’s educational equities and lifelong educations.