Focusing on Wu Rulun's observation of women's education in Japan, this paper analyzes the introduction of Japanese women's education into post Sino-Japanese War China, revealing how information regarding educational systems for Japanese women and its content was imported to China. Wu was Dean of the Imperial University of Peking (京師
大学堂
), reopened in 1901 by the new government under the control of Empress Cixi. The Imperial University of Peking was later renamed Peking University. In 1902, Wu visited Japan to observe the educational system. At that time, the new Qing government had not yet initiated any reforms of women's education. In the first chapter of this paper, I describe that Wu visited Japan to see Japanese women's education and claimed that China urgently needed to develop women's education. In the chapter two, I analyze what Wu advocated following the Japanese model of women's education. Wu thought that "nurturing wise mothers" was the most urgent task. On one hand, Wu thought Japanese physical education was a great model, while on the other hand, he criticized Japan's moral education as insufficient. Wu advocated "three-education method:" moral education, intellectual education, and physical education. In chapter three, I describe that Wu provided information regarding Japanese teacher education in order to make up for China's lack of qualified teachers. Wu not only recorded his experiences in his diary but also clarified his educational concepts, such as three-education method of women's education in order to introduce these ideas to China. In addition, an analysis of Wu's observations on Japanese women's education reveals Chinese expectations for women's education at that time. This paper utilized sources such as Wu's report of his observations in Japan, published in October, 1902 by Tokyo Sanseido Press (『東遊叢録』); letters from Wu to the Minister of Education in China during his visit to Japan, included in the complete works of Wu Rulun (『呉汝綸全集』); and Japanese newspaper articles regarding Wu's visit, compiled in April, 1903.
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