First, whether to advocate prenatal education in ancient times, according to historical records, as early as the end of Shang Dynasty, prenatal education began to appear in the form of court education or family education.
In ancient China, prenatal education did not form an independent theory, but this does not mean that we did not have the idea of prenatal education. There are abundant expositions about prenatal education in ancient books, which are mainly scattered in philosophy, politics, literature, education, medicine and other ancient books.
The word prenatal education originated from Dai's books: Ancient Prenatal Education, July in the Empress's Belly and Banquet Room. The banquet hall is an independent room. When the queen is seven months pregnant, let her live alone in a room for aftercare.
Second, the ancients attached great importance to prenatal education. The ancients attached great importance to prenatal education, because they thought that the fetus had been influenced by the pregnant woman in the mother's body, and every word and deed of the pregnant woman would be perceived by the fetus, so the words and deeds of the pregnant woman must conform to the etiquette, thus giving the fetus a good influence.
"Dai" records that the ancients wrote the relevant provisions of prenatal education on the slate, and then "hid the golden chamber and set up the ancestral hall to think that future generations would quit it", which shows the importance of prenatal education.
According to the records of relevant ancient books, the specific contents of ancient prenatal education mainly include the following five aspects.
First, pregnant women should pay attention to food hygiene. Jia Yi's "New Book" says that pregnant women should not be allowed to eat indiscriminately.
Second, pregnant women's audio-visual should conform to etiquette, that is, "Female Biography" requires eyes not to look at evil colors and ears not to listen to obscene sounds. The "New Book" also records: "If the Queen asks for indecent assault, the teacher will say that she is not used to it." Even as a queen, the server has the right to refuse to play music that is not in line with etiquette.
Third, the daily activities of pregnant women should conform to the law. As the "New Book" notes: "Stand without limping, sit without being bad, laugh without making trouble, and be alone." In other words, pregnant women should stand, sit and smile implicitly, and be self-respecting and not arrogant when they are alone.
Fourth, pregnant women should pay attention to the cultivation of mentality and spirit. For example, Biography of Women says, "I can't say anything embarrassing", that is, I don't say anything arrogant; The "new book" says "don't curse if you are angry", even if you are angry, you won't curse.
Fifth, after pregnancy, pregnant women should live in separate rooms with their husbands to avoid sexual intercourse in order to maintain physical and mental peace. "The New Book" records: "The Queen has a corpse and went to the morgue in July, indicating that the morgue was the palace where the Queen lived before giving birth to a baby, and the Queen will live alone in the morgue after seven months of pregnancy.