歌德大量阅读和研习儒学典籍,对孔子的教育理念及教育实践产生深厚的兴趣和强烈的共鸣。在其名著《威廉·迈斯特的漫游时代》中,他描述了理想中的“教育省”。在教育省,老师对青少年实行一种“三敬畏”的教育,即一敬畏在自身之上的天,而天的体现者便是父母、老师和首长;二是敬畏在自己之下的地;三敬畏在自己周围的同类。在这个教育省里,一切都井然有序,不同教育程度的学子按规定所穿衣服的式样和颜色有明显区别,向人敬礼的姿势 Goethe read and studied a large number of Confucian classics and Confucius, the educational philosophy and educational practice have a deep interest and strong resonance. In his famous “William Meister roaming era,” he described the ideal “province of education.” In the province of education, the teacher practiced a “three awesome” education for adolescents, that is, one who feels awake above himself, while the embodiment of heaven is the parents, teachers, and heads of state. The second is the fear of being under himself Earth; three reverence in their own around the same class. In this province of education, everything is organized. The students of different educational levels have obvious differences in the style and color of clothes they wear and the salutatory posture