Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t5.14

v2.c15.s2.t5.14

In his commentary, Gandhi said, “This pamphlet is very useful for us.” This article, about 12,000 Chinese characters, systematically introduces the author’s ideas about education, and is a valuable historical document witnessing India-China exchange on education thoughts. Gandhi is a great writer in English, and his publishing this article at least indicates that he appreciated Tao’s ideas about mass education and approved of his writing in English. Nearly 37 years after the death of Tao Xingzhi and nearly half a century after its publication in India, this English article was recovered and translated into Chinese. Its Chinese translation was published in Beijing in *Education Study* (Issue 4, 1983).