A gentleman knows how difficult it is to learn something, and knows its beauty and evil, and then he can understand it well. If you can understand metaphors well, you can become a teacher. If you can be a teacher, then you can be a leader. If you can be a leader, then you can be a king. Therefore, as a teacher, learning becomes a king. This is why you should not be careless when choosing a teacher. The record says: "Three kings and four generations were only his teacher." Is this what it means? ——"Study Notes"
Teachers should know that students' learning is difficult and easy. For those who are duller, learning is indeed more difficult, while for those who are smarter, learning is easier. Everyone has different qualifications. People are born with different auras and temperaments. Some people are born very kind. Some people have very negative Qi when they are born and have a particularly irritable temper. Real teachers know how to understand. Use broad methods to make people understand. It also emphasizes that an educator must have a benevolent heart and will not give up on anyone casually. Only in this way can he teach students in accordance with their aptitude. Use different methods to educate people and inspire different talents through different channels. In short, only those who teach without distinction and teach students in accordance with their aptitude can be called teachers.
? If a person has the broad ability to inspire others, he will be able to lead the masses. If everyone uses their talents according to their talents, they can become a leader. Confucian culture is full of education, regardless of It is school education, but also the management of the family, the education of children, social education and education of the entire culture and customs, and the use of education and enlightenment to manage society, so teachers and gentlemen are actually one, and they are all virtuous. That is, moral and cultural cultivation is Haha, "Teacher is a teacher, teaching people to use things to illustrate their virtues" also means the same thing. The relationship between father and son, monarch and ministers, the relationship between elders and children, the relationship between father and son, the relationship between monarchs and ministers, the relationship between friends, etc. These elder-child orders have been learned and dealt with. , then the country has also been cured. The macroscopic view is actually that the way of heaven comes down to human affairs, and the moral character including behavior is indeed integrated. Therefore, choosing a teacher is very important, so you must be careful!
? For children's learning, you should choose carefully. You should choose something that can cultivate some of your own interests, persist in it for a long time and cultivate your own heart, rather than learning some technical things that remain on the surface.
? Good teachers are very difficult to meet. If you can't meet them temporarily, then take the classics as your teachers and the sages as your teachers. Just like the classics we study now are based on the annotations of Zhu Xi and Master Zhu. The real Confucianism of the Song Dynasty is to learn for oneself. This system means that you first experience, study things, and explore one thing at a time, and then make yourself truly enlightened, know Ming, Ming Ming, and turn these things into Only by becoming one's own and understanding the world and nature can one be able to understand. This kind of learning for oneself is worth learning. It is very good to start learning based on such a main axis.
At this stage, Teacher Ma Peilu is a very great and pure Taoist teacher who is worthy of our study as a main axis; Professor Li Meijin, who is currently very famous in family education, does have many unique insights. , but lacking the golden mean of Taoism, some ideas will inevitably be biased; Professor Tian Yunzhang, a highly respected calligrapher, will be more perfect if he has the support of Taoism.
? The ancients said that it is easy to find a teacher, but it is rare to find a teacher. When we choose a teacher, we should choose a teacher who truly understands the truth as our life mentor. This is very important. If there is such a mentor, We will never go astray in our lives, our hearts will become more and more peaceful, and we will become happier and happier. Life is like sailing against the current, and if we don’t advance, we will retreat. Without positive learning and guidance, children will naturally go down.
? Only by respecting teachers can one be able to learn. If a person wants to grow, a social order requires virtuous people to play a leading role for the people of this society. The entire growth process of a person is It is very important. In institutional education, we should pay attention to children's attitude towards learning and getting along with teachers, classmates and relatives. In fact, if a person really does not have good grades, we should most believe that those with high moral standards are indispensable in high positions throughout their lives. If we understand how to behave, we as parents will not be so anxious. If our children's education follows these main axes, we will have a clear direction and will not blindly follow them.