晏阳初:平民教育从中国到世界的历程

晏阳初先生是我国,也是世界著名的平民教育家、社会改革家,是我国早期社会学中乡村建设学派的最重要的创始人之一。他的平教运动和乡村改造事业具有重要的历史意义,至今闪耀着进步思想的光辉。本文从晏阳初人生观的形成,其成功之道,以及反映晏阳初晚年平教业绩的国际乡村建设学院等几个侧面,对晏阳初及其事业进行了客观评述和简要分析,并对国外的一些评述进行了回应。

Yan Yangchu:the Course of Mass Education From China to the World

Mr. Yan Yangchu (Y.C. James Yen) is an educator of mass education and social reformer well- known both in China and other foreign countries. His Mass Education Movement and cause of Rural Reconstruction are of great historic significance with glaring progressive thought even seen from an angle at the present time. The essay offers an objective commentary on and a brief analysis of Yan Yangchu and his remarkable undertaking from the following three aspects: the formation of Yan's outlook on life, his way to succeed, and the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction that reflects Yan's achievements in his remaining years.