J183, The Centenary of the Birth of Tao Xingzhi《陶行知诞生一百周年》

Stamp Title: The Centenary of the Birth of Tao Xingzhi
Scott No: 2367, 2368
Serial number: J183
Values in set: 2
(2-1), Portrait of Tao Xingzhi, 20 fen, 40*30 mm
(2-2), Advance for Truth and Be a Man, 50 fen, 40*30 mm
Denomination: 70 fen
Date of issue: October 18, 1991
Designers: Ma Gang
Size: 30*40mm
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 50 (10*5)
Printing process: offset
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

Mr. Tao Xingzhi is a great Chinese educationalist for the people. Born on October 18 in She County of Anhui Province, he went to study in the US after graduating from Jinling University in 1914. Back to China in 1917.
Mr. Tao Xingzhi lived during the critical period of Chinese people and nation suffered by calamity and grief. He was “giving whole-heartedly to the people and taking nothing back”, sharing both happiness and sadness with the general public and working closely with Chinese Communist Party. Mr. Tao spared no effort for his whole life and had made indelible contribution for the cause of people’s education, liberation and democracy.
Mr. Tao Xingzhi left behind works of 6 million words, which
is a treasure for the mankind. Pooling the souls of thinkings of different educationists, he founded the theory of “Life Education”, laying the spiritual foundation for the reform and development of Chinese people’s education. Abundantly connotated and precisely dissertated, this theory is closely bound up with the current educationalism with Chinese characteristics. When he passed away, Mrs. Song Qingling eulogized him as “model of teachers for ever”, and Mr. Guo Moruo praised him “Two thousand years ago, we had Confucius, and now two thousand years later, we have Mr. Tao Xingzhi”. A learned and respectable paragon for teachers, Mr. Tao is deserved to be a “Giant” in China’s modern history of education.
Mr. Tao Xingzhi belongs to not only China, but also the whole world.

J183 陶行知诞生一百周年
2-1为“陶行知肖像”。图案是中国抗日战争初 期陶行知正在墨西哥进行演讲的形象。
2-2为“求真与做人”。邮票为陶行知着长衫、握手杖的全身像。原照片摄于30年代初。以陶行知的著名格言为背景：“千教万教教人求真，千学万学学做真人”。突出了陶行知的教育思想。

发行日期：1991.10.18。影写版。P12。 30mm*40mm。50(10*5)。 [G]。
设计：马刚。印刷：北京邮票厂。
　　陶行知（1891—1946），原名文浚，后改为知行、行知。安徽歙县黄潭源村人。虽家境贫寒，但天资聪颖，勤敏好学。1914年，以总分第一名的成绩毕业于南京金陵大学。后赴美留学，获伊利诺大 学文科硕士学位及哥伦比亚大学“都市学务总监资格文凭”。1917年回国后，任南京高等师范学校教务主任、教授、东南大学教育系主任、南京安徽公学校长、《新教育》杂志主编、中华教育改进社总干事等职。一生从中国国情出发，创造性地开展各个时期的平民教育工作，百折不挠地“为中国教育寻觅曙光”。积极推动 平民教育运动，最早注意乡村教育问题。宣传生活教育与提倡教、学、做合一及“小先生”制，要求教育与实际相结合，为人民大众服务。1946年7月25日，患脑溢血逝世，享年55岁。毛泽东为追悼会写了悼词。