嵇康的「越名教而任自然」是中國教育哲學史上的一個著名論斷。嵇 康的教育哲學大致可以分成兩個部分：一是「越名教」，即對世俗名教的批判； 二是「任自然」，即張揚意識自由的教育價值觀。「越名教」與「任自然」二者相 輔相成，不僅富有鮮明的時代特色，而且對於深化中國古代教育理論研究，特別 是在封建專制度下如何尋獲個性自由發展的途徑起過積極作用。

Ji Kang's educational philosophy can be briefly divided into to two parts: one is overstepping the Confucian ethical standards, that is, criticizing secular ethical standards; the other is following nature, which is, promoting the educational values of free will. The ideas of “overstepping the Confucian ethical standards” and “following nature” supplement each other. They are not only characteristics of Ji Kang's age, but also profound studies of the educational theories of ancient China. The two ideas are especially used to have positive influence on how to foster the free development of individuality under feudalistic autocracy. In a word, Ji Kang's “overstepping the Confucian ethical standards and following nature” is a famous discourse in the history of Chinese educational philosophy.