<span><em>Education thought of KH. M. Hasyim Asy’ari is the concept of character </em><span><em>education, but also consistently gives positive contribution to the Indonesia </em><span><em>civilization. Its dedication not only focuses on one field, but also on </em><span><em>education, politic, social, religion, physical confrontation, organization, </em><span><em>and the other intellectual works. Not only to educate young generation </em><span><em>through Tebuireng Pesantren that was built, but for next generation, KH. </em><span><em>M. Hasyim Asy’ari has inherited many books or holy books that able as </em><span><em>main reference to search alternative solution of various problems that</em><br /><span><em>faced by nation. KH. M. Hasyim Asy’ari has been given fundamental </em><span><em>conceptual framework for national education. Technical and operational </em><span><em>steps must still be reviewed to implement the educational thinking. </em><span><em>Figure of NU’s founding at some point want to do the balancing for </em><span><em>education in Indonesia. Not only formality aspects, but also substance</em><br /><span><em>of the meaning of education must be internalized and implemented in </em><span><em>the life of students. In the end, Indonesia education is expected able to </em><span><em>produce “product” that not only have cognitive intelligence (smart), but </em><span><em>also have good virtue.</em><br /><span><strong>keywords: </strong><span><em>Contribution, Struggle, Character Education, KH. M. Hasyim</em><br /><span><em>Asy’ari</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span>