古代社会教化是封建统治阶级通过“重民”、“养民”、“教民”对全社会形成统一的道德认识和道德规范。近代社会教育是以政府为主导,私人和民间团体推动为辅的公益性、全民性、全面性和终身性的教育事业。二者存在本质的差异,鉴于此,笔者大胆假设近代社会教育不是古代社会教化的传承和发展,而是近代社会的新产物。 The ancient society enlightened the feudal ruling class to form a unified moral understanding and moral standard for the whole society through “civilians”, “civilians” and “religious people”. Modern social education is a nonprofit, universal, comprehensive and lifelong education that is led by the government and supplemented by private and non-governmental organizations. There are essential differences between the two. In view of this, I boldly assume that modern social education is not the inheritance and development of ancient society, but a new product of modern society.