The idea that a well-schooled society is a prosperous and stable society, and therefore that educating the people is a desirable goal for a nation, dates back at least to Confucius, 2,500 years ago.

良好的教育有助于社会的繁荣和稳定，因此使人民受到良好的教育是任何一个国家都向往的目标，这种观点可以追溯到至少2500年前孔子的时代。

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The idea that a well-schooled society is a prosperous and stable society, and therefore that educating the people is a desirable goal for a nation, dates back at least to Confucius, 2, 500 years ago.

良好的教育有助于社会的繁荣和稳定，因此使人民受到良好的教育是任何一个国家都向往的目标，这种观点可以追溯到至少2500年前孔子的时代。

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Not long ago a fashionable anxiety in many western countries was that youngsters were being over educated that is, schooled beyond society's needs.

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