Wanmu Caotang mainly teaches the academic origin, historical and political evolution of China for thousands of years, and touches on the history and politics of western countries. It also pays attention to sports and music. At the beginning of the establishment of the 10,000-acre thatched cottage, Kang Youwei advocated "breaking the old framework and opening up a unique new theory". The name of Caotang means to cultivate thousands of trees and talents for the country. 189 1 In March, Kang Youwei wrote "The Study of Changxing" as the study criterion of the 10,000-acre thatched cottage, and took the Analects of Confucius as the key link to conduct a comprehensive education for students. In moral education, Kang Youwei advocates strict discipline, cautious independence, quiet rest, nourishing the heart, respecting dignity, filial piety, caring for others, being hungry with the same body and other traditional moral accomplishments. The content of traditional moral cultivation is still not divorced from feudal education, but his purpose is to inspire honesty, carry forward the spirit and make a fortune. In terms of intellectual education, Wanmu Caotang set up four courses at that time: the study of Confucian classics, the study of statecraft, the study of textual research and the study of diction. The study of righteousness and reason includes Confucianism, Buddhism, the study of Zhou and Qin philosophers, Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties, and Taixi philosophy. Practical learning includes the study of political principles, the gains and losses of political evolution in China, the gains and losses of political evolution in various countries, political application, and the study of groups. Textual research, including China's Confucian classics, history, world history, geography, mathematics and philosophy. The study of characters (the study of ci chapters) includes the study of ci chapters in China and the study of foreign languages and characters. Although these courses are mainly traditional academic, they are in sharp contrast with the traditional schools specializing in stereotyped writing at that time. In sports, besides physical education class, Kang Youwei also combined sports with etiquette, incorporated sports into etiquette music, and held military exercises and shooting exercises. Kang Youwei, with the help of his disciples, compiled the Textual Research on New Learning and the Textual Research on Confucius' Reform, trying to reform the ancient system, publicizing the theory of modern Confucian classics and advocating reform. At first, the number of students was less than 20, and later it increased to more than 100, and a number of famous talents were trained, among which Liang Qichao, Mai and Xu Qin became the backbone of the Reform Movement of 1898. 1894, Kang Youwei went to Beijing to take the exam, which was once suspended. There will be a short lecture after 1896.

It is precisely because Wanmu Caotang is based on Confucianism, Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties and is used by psychology and western learning that its lectures are quite distinctive. This is manifested in: first, the combination of Chinese and western academics. While he was teaching philosophical theory, he also talked about Tessie philosophy. When we talk about textual research, classics and writing, we often add western contents such as world history, geography, mathematics, geography, foreign languages and writing. Second, pay attention to sports. Besides physical education class, Kang Youwei also combined sports with etiquette, integrated sports into etiquette music, and held military exercises and shooting exercises. Third, admire Confucian classics. Kang Youwei believes that the ancient classics of China advocated by the rulers of past dynasties are all "false classics", which were forged by Liu Xin at the end of the Western Han Dynasty to "decorate the classics to help the inverse" and provide theoretical basis for Wang Mang to establish a "new" dynasty, so they should be called "new learning"; The "false classics" fabricated by the "new learning" under the false trust of saints completely lost the original intention of Confucius to "speak with righteousness" and "reform the ancient system" Kang Youwei used textual research to distinguish the authenticity of modern Confucian classics and criticized the ancient Confucian classics advocated by the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, so as to shake the theoretical basis of feudalism, attack the ideological roots of the die-hards' "ancestral religion" and clear the ideological obstacles for the reform and reform. Fourth, attach importance to Lu's theory of mind and nature. When Kang Youwei taught Neo-Confucianism in Wanmu Caotang, he focused on Lu Jiuyuan's and Wang Shouren's psychology, which is also an important part of Wanmu Caotang's lectures. When Liang Qichao wrote his disciples in the thatched cottage, he asked Kang Youwei for "learning strategies". Kang Youwei immediately replied: first teach Wang Lu Xin Xue, and then talk about some history and western learning. This is because the scholars at that time, without ambition and knowledge, were mercenary and their thoughts were bound by Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism. When he talked about psychology, he emphasized the spirit, moral education and people's subjective spirit, thus cultivating a number of famous talents for reform and reform, such as Chen, Liang Qichao, Xu Qin, Han Wenju, Cao Tai and Mai.

Because the ten thousand mu thatched cottage clearly put forward the purpose of running a school and adopted the educational content of paying equal attention to China and the West. It had a great influence on the college teaching at that time. Later, Liang Qichao gave lectures in Hunan, and basically inherited the spirit of running a school of ten thousand mu thatched cottage.