Definition: the beginning of a person’s birth.
Excerpt from the original text:
In the beginning, human nature is inherently good. Similar in nature, but far apart in habits.
If you don’t teach, your nature will change. The most important thing in teaching is specialization.
Xi Meng’s mother chose a neighboring place. If you don't learn, you will lose your chance.
Dou Yanshan has a righteous prescription. Teach five sons and they will all become famous.
It is the father’s fault to raise but not teach. If the teaching is not strict, the teacher will be lazy.
It is not appropriate for a child not to learn. If you don't learn when you are young, what will you do when you are old?
If jade is not polished, it will become useless. If a person does not learn, he does not know righteousness.
Being the son of man, Fang Shaoshi. Close friends and teachers, learn etiquette.
The fragrance is nine years old and can warm the mat. Filial piety to relatives is what you should do.
If you are four years old, you can make pears. If you are younger than your elder, you should know better.
Vernacular translation:
When a person is born, his nature itself is kind. They are all similar in nature. It is only the different environment and education they received that lead to huge differences in their habits. If you are not educated well from childhood, your good nature will turn bad. In order to prevent people from becoming bad, the most important way is to educate children with concentration.
During the Warring States Period, Mencius’ mother moved three times in order to provide Mencius with a good learning environment. The child refused to study hard, so Meng's mother broke the weaving machine to educate Mencius. During the Five Dynasties, Dou Yujun, a native of Yanshan, was very good at educating his sons. The five sons he educated were all successful and became famous in the imperial examinations.
It is the parents’ fault to merely provide food and clothing for their children without educating them properly. It's just education, but if you don't have strict requirements, you are lazy as a teacher. It is very inappropriate for children to refuse to study hard. If a person does not study hard when he is young and does not understand the principles of life and has no knowledge when he is old, it will be difficult for him to make a difference when he is old.
If jade is not polished and carved, it will not become an exquisite utensil; and if people do not know how to learn and use their own knowledge and skills to realize their own value, they will not understand etiquette and will not become talents. As children, you should get close to your teachers and friends from an early age so that you can learn a lot of etiquette and knowledge about how to deal with others from them.
Huang Xiang, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, knew how to honor his father and warm his bed when he was nine years old. Everyone who is filial to their parents should practice and imitate it. When Kong Rong in the Han Dynasty was four years old, he knew how to give the big pears to his elder brothers. This kind of respect and friendship for elder brothers should be known to everyone from an early age.
This article comes from the expanded information of Wang Yinglin's "Three Character Classic" in the Song Dynasty
Writing background:
The year when the "Three Character Classic" was written and the author's opinions vary from generation to generation. Most of them The view favored by later generations of scholars is that "Mr. Wang Bohou, a Confucian of the Song Dynasty, wrote the Three-Character Classic and taught it in private schools." That is to say, in order to better educate his own children in reading, Wang Yinglin compiled the Three-Character Classic, which integrates classics and history.
Wang Yinglin was from the Southern Song Dynasty, and the historical part of the original "Three Character Classic" only covers the Song Dynasty. With the development of history, in order to reflect the changes of the times, people in each dynasty continued to add to the Three Character Classic. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, He Xingsi added a total of twenty-four sentences about the history of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
The content of "Three Character Classic" is arranged in an orderly manner, which reflects the author's educational thoughts. The author believes that educating children should focus on etiquette, filial piety and brotherhood, correcting children's thoughts, and imparting knowledge comes second, that is, "filial piety and brotherhood first, and knowledge second." Instructing children should start from primary school, that is, first learn to read, and then read classics and classics.
After reading the Jingbu Zibu books, you can then study the history books. The book says: "If you understand the Jingbu Zibu, you can read all the histories." The "Three Character Classic" finally emphasizes the attitude and purpose of learning. It can be said that "The Three Character Classic" is not only a children's literacy textbook, but also a work by the author discussing enlightenment education. This needs to be paid attention to when reading.
The Three Character Classic contains many allusions and is highly informative. It is a reading compiled under the guidance of Confucianism and is full of positive spirit.
About the author:
Wang Yinglin (1223-1296), courtesy name Bohou, also known as Shenning Jushi, also known as Houzhai, was born in Yin County, Qingyuan Prefecture (now Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province) Yinzhou District) people. Famous scholar, educator and politician in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was erudite and talented, studied under Zhu Xi, had dabbled in hundreds of classics and history, astronomy and geography, was familiar with the anecdote system, and was good at textual research.
After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, he lived in seclusion in his hometown, thanked guests behind closed doors, and wrote books. The calligraphy handed down from ancient times includes "Book Calligraphy" and so on.
He is the author of "Three Character Classic", "Kunxue Jiwen", "Primary School Cyanotic Pearl", "Jade Sea", "Tongjian Answers", "Shenning Collection", "Poetry and Geography Examination", etc.