The formation and development of Tao Xing-zhi's education thinking of "social university" have special historical background. His aim is to promote all the people's education and improvement. According to China's poverty and backwardness, he advocates that all the people should build the ideal of studying all the life. "Material" and "immaterial" "social university" should be set up and the main body and forms of running a school should be diverse. Tao Xing-zhi's edueation think;ng of " social university" has some revelatory funct...