examination. "Let those. who understand Chinese classics well but have no idea of western knowledge, or who command western learning but know little of classics, be raised up by a Bao Ju(recommendation)method, thus they won't be abandoned by the country"3. c) Building up a modern school system Under Chinese civil examination system, traditional school system was obviously out o work In Wang Tao's view, China should imitate the western school-educational system as to nurture massive talents Firstly, Wang Tao thought education should be more popularized in China, and the target social group should include lower class, as well as women. Although traditional schools were set up almost in every state and county, studying in school was still a privilege. In 1870s, the famous scholar Rong Hong opened up free schools in his hometown. Wang Tao was excited to hear the news and wrote an essay right away, in which his idea of popularizing education was manifested Secondly, he pointed out the importance of specialized college, as China was in a great need for specialists at that time. Colleges he suggested building include language colleges scientific colleges, engineering colleges, maritime colleges, sailing colleges and arm schoo 3. Another political function of education reform: " Shang Xia Tong Besides raising talents for the country, Wang Tao also believed that the emperor can maintain relationship with the people through education Wang Tao admired the rule of"Three Generations"(time of three dynasties including Xia, Shang and Zhou), because he thought at that time the emperor was close to people and society enjoyed a boom, but at his time the emperor was segregated from people, which was not good for social development. In his theory of three forms of states, he was also in favor of the constitutional monarchy of England ang Tao, New Edition of Tao Garden Writings, San'lian Book Store, 1998, Pp328 Wang Tao, Additional Collection of Tao Garden Writings, volume 8, Zhongzhou Ancient Book Press, 1998, Pp333 S Teng, Ssu-yu, and John King Fairbank, eds. China s response to the West:a documentary survey, 1839-1923. Harvard University Press, 1979. Pp1363 examination. “Let those, who understand Chinese classics well but have no idea of western knowledge, or who command western learning but know little of classics, be raised up by a Bao Ju(recommendation) method, thus they won’t be abandoned by the country” 3 . c) Building up a modern school system Under Chinese civil examination system, traditional school system was obviously out of work. In Wang Tao’s view, China should imitate the western school-educational system as to nurture massive talents. Firstly, Wang Tao thought education should be more popularized in China, and the target social group should include lower class, as well as women. Although traditional schools were set up almost in every state and county, studying in school was still a privilege. In 1870s, the famous scholar Rong Hong opened up free schools in his hometown. Wang Tao was excited to hear the news and wrote an essay right away4 , in which his idea of popularizing education was manifested. Secondly, he pointed out the importance of specialized college, as China was in a great need for specialists at that time. Colleges he suggested building include language colleges, scientific colleges, engineering colleges, maritime colleges, sailing colleges and army schools. 3. Another political function of education reform: “Shang Xia Tong” Besides raising talents for the country, Wang Tao also believed that the emperor can maintain relationship with the people through education. Wang Tao admired the rule of “Three Generations” (time of three dynasties including Xia, Shang and Zhou), because he thought at that time the emperor was close to people and society enjoyed a boom, but at his time the emperor was segregated from people, which was not good for social development. In his theory of three forms of states, he was also in favor of the constitutional monarchy of England5 . 3 Wang Tao, New Edition of Tao Garden Writings, San’lian Book Store, 1998, Pp328. 4 Wang Tao, Additional Collection of Tao Garden Writings, volume 8, Zhongzhou Ancient Book Press, 1998, Pp333. 5 Teng, Ssu-yü, and John King Fairbank, eds. China's response to the West: a documentary survey, 1839-1923. Harvard University Press, 1979. Pp136