A Study on the Pathways of Integrating Zeng Guofan's Educational Wisdom into Comprehensive Chinese Education from the Perspective of New Liberal Arts

Abstract

The construction of New Liberal Arts provides a timely opportunity for interdisciplinary integration in the reform of Comprehensive Chinese Education. Zeng Guofan's educational thought, centered on "statecraft and practical application," contains rich wisdom relevant to Chinese language education. Based on the core principles of New Liberal Arts-preserving tradition while fostering innovation, interdisciplinary integration, and competency orientation-this paper systematically examines the essence of Zeng Guofan's ideas regarding the aims, content selection, and methodological application in Chinese language education. It analyzes the inherent alignment between his ideas and the contemporary goals of Comprehensive Chinese Education, which are cultural inheritance, competency cultivation, and character development. In light of existing issues in current Comprehensive Chinese Education, such as cultural detachment and disciplinary fragmentation, this study proposes practical pathways for integrating Zeng Guofan's educational wisdom into Comprehensive Chinese Education from three dimensions: reconstructing curriculum content, innovating teaching methods, and optimizing evaluation systems. The aim is to provide traditional intellectual resources to support the high-quality development of Comprehensive Chinese Education within the context of New Liberal Arts.