Teaching without words: teaching: education. Do not pay attention to language education. Refers to the educational role played by setting an example.
Ceng Zi killed Bi: Bi: Pig. Ceng Zi kills pigs. It is a metaphor for educating children to set an example.
Incorrect upper beam: upper beam: refers to superiors or elders. It is a metaphor that people in the world are not behaving properly and cannot set an example.
Teaching by example is more important than teaching by words: setting an example is more important than oral education.
Ancient prose:
Confucius said, "It's just and not ordered; His body is not right, although he does not obey. "
Confucius said: "if you behave correctly, even if you don't give orders, the people will obey;" My behavior is not correct, and no one obeys orders. "
Confucius said, "If you are honest, what does it matter if you go into politics? Can't be right, like a right person? "
Confucius said, "If you can really correct your behavior, what is the difficulty of political governance?" ? If you can't correct your behavior, how can you correct others? "