1. Schooling in Chinese Culture

3. Great Wall

4. Old Summer Palace

5. Warriors

6. Tiananman Square

7. Shanghai

8. Beijing Bird Nest Stadium

9. Village in Hubei

10. Chinese Culture
Confucicus (Confucianism)
Mencius (Mengzi)

11. Confucianism Li -- politeness, respect paid to others
Yi -- righteousness, not done out of self-interest
Ren -- fulfill one’s responsibilities towards others, benevolence, doing good things to others

12. 義 = 羊 + 我

13. Five Relationships Ruler and Subjects Father and Son
Older brother and Younger brother
Friends
Husband and Wife

14. Menzi’s Emphases
Confucian’s personal cultivation through practices of the virtues
Scholar-official should use their learning for proper governance
Proper governance and education are for the benefit of the people

15. Proper governance generated by benevolent leadership which can be trained through education
Mencius’ mother, three moves (beside cemetery, beside marketplace and beside school)

16. Traditional Schooling
Cultivating good virtues in the children & teaching Five Relationships
Produce scholars for officials (scholar-officials) in the government
For upward mobility

17. Schooling in Chinese Culture
Confucian influence
Communist ideology
Mission schools

18. Influence of Confucian Teaching
Schooling as means of upward mobility is a norm in Chinese community, perils all the times and everywhere (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand etc.)

19. Impact of Communist Thoughts
Materialistic
Schooling as means of communist ideology propaganda
After Mao Tsz Tung, means for strengthening the Country

20. Mission Schools
Birth through foreign invasion into China
Learning from the West
A show of status

21. Characteristics Schooling for upward mobility
Academic performance is no. 1
Competitive and students under great pressure

22. Christian Education in Chinese Culture
Has a good reputation
Overseas
Continue to emphasize spiritual dimension and academic excellence
A good opportunity to reach out to non-Christian parents
Support to Christian families

23. Educate Christian parents the importance of Christian schooling for their children
China
Pray for China to lift their intolerance of Christian schooling
Get prepare to start Christian schools once the door is open