(Department of Physical Education,Shangrao Normal College,Shangrao 334001, China) Abstract: Mr Cai's educational ideology, mainly included the following three aspects: First, physical fitness is primary and cultivating one's moral character is secondary; second, “Learning is practicing; stress the ideology that labour is good for heath ”; Third, the origional meaning of physical education is the criterion of physical fitness. In addition, Car's educational ideology contains Five Principles about student's health and states that good health can serve society. Therefore, the paper will emphatically discuss the afore mentioned three aspects. Key words: CAI Yuan-pei; health education ideology; meaning of physical education |