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Why didn't China form the discipline of pedagogy? ...

There were many outstanding talents in ancient China, who covered a wide range of fields and made extraordinary achievements in their respective fields. However, even in the Spring and Autumn Period, when ideological and cultural conflicts were fierce, pedagogy was not formed. Pedagogy was not formed in China with rich literature, which was related to the social system and traditional culture at that time. First, the influence of social system.

China has been a feudal social system since ancient times, which was implemented and followed by rulers of all dynasties. Although this system helped ancient China to usher in a high degree of national unity and maintain the stability of the country, it also helped the rulers to maintain their supreme status and power. However, this system deeply suppressed the emergence of many advanced ideas and cultures, and prevented ancient China from developing into a more advanced society. In order to better realize centralization, the ancient rulers adopted measures of cultural autocracy, demanding that the people learn the ideas of one school and suppress the ideas of other schools. As a result, countless advanced ideas cannot be effectively developed and spread in China, and people's ideological imprisonment is deepening. Therefore, pedagogy cannot be formed under such a social system.

Second, the influence of traditional culture.

In ancient China, Confucianism was regarded as the mainstream ideology and culture for a long time, and rulers of all previous dynasties recognized the Confucian school and attached importance to Confucian scholars. Confucianism was an excellent thought in ancient China, but with the development of dynasties, many thoughts in Confucianism were no longer applicable to that dynasty. In addition, because Confucian scholars did not screen and innovate the content of Confucianism, Confucianism gradually became rigid and derailed from the society at that time. However, because Confucianism has always occupied the position of mainstream thought, many excellent western thoughts and cultures in Ming and Qing Dynasties could not be known to people. Although pedagogy germinated again in this period, it was strangled by feudal traditional culture.

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