Abstract: The core of the education development is educational thought. During the Republic of China, there existed various educational thoughts. Among them, life education was most popular, hence the concept of life education. Influenced by the political, economic, social and cultural factors, different scholar shad different understanding of life education, and all this eventually led to the establishment of the Chinese Association of Life Education. The association created its journal, and through its active educational activities, life education developed into a school of educational thought.