近年來華人社會推動讀經教育，彌補現行教育體制中諸多不足，也提供新的教育思考；普遍認為讀經可以陶冶性情、教化民眾，具有規範性功能。目前國內讀經教育較多以兒童為研究對象，指出讀經的多項好處，諸如增加記憶力、語文能力，在德育、群育、美育上也有顯著的效果；然而討論大學生的改變者則付之闕如，甚為可惜。筆者接續「語教系親子讀經班」的社會服務工作，與家長和幼童共讀，同時培養七位大學生擔任志工，他們在朗誦經典之際，亦服務他人、實現自我、尋求生命的價值。本文以讀經班志工為觀察對象，探討其改變，及對於大學推動生命教育的意義。從此處出發，期盼為大學生生命教育尋求一種簡便、有效的方法。

Classical reading has been promoted in Chinese society in recent years not only to redeem the educational system but to provide the new thinking about education. People mostly think classical reading can shape personality, educate people and has normative function. The research on classical reading has targeted children so far, pointing out a number of advantages of classical reading such as memory increase, literacy. Moreover, it has more remarkable effects on moral education, aesthetic education, group education, etc. The influence on college students, however, has been less discussed.The researcher has taken the job of social service, parent-children classical reading class of the department of language and literacy. Furthermore, the researcher was reading the classical with parents and children while training seven college students to be classical reading volunteers. While they were reading classical, they were also serving other people, realizing themselves, and looking for the value of life. The research targeted on the volunteers of parent-children classical reading class of the department of language and literacy, and it discussed about the change of volunteer training and the meaning of the impetus to life education being given by universities.