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In recent years, in the language circle at home and abroad, "rereading the four books and five classics" has formed a new wave, among which the classic reading activities of primary school students are the most spectacular. Since 2002, many chapters of "Four Books and Five Classics" have re-entered the classrooms of primary and secondary schools in Beijing and Guangzhou. In Shanghai, Nanjing and other places, it is also a bit "hot" for primary and secondary school students to buy some "Four Books and Five Classics" classics and read them aloud. As an important part of China's traditional culture, "Four Books and Five Classics" has been paid more and more attention by our times.
It must be admitted that China's traditional culture is not all excellent things, with both essence and dross. Many chapters in The Four Books and Five Classics have truly condensed the profound thoughts of ancient ancestors on the universe, nature, society and life, and engraved the values of sages and sages on moral cultivation and ethical education. And those words that beautify the privileged class, advocate autocracy, discriminate against manual labor, and promote ignorance, loyalty and filial piety are not only useless but harmful to modern people.
Therefore, how to read the "Four Books and Five Classics" has become an important issue. Most teenagers are in the stage of forming their values and world outlook. If they read the Four Books and Five Classics indiscriminately, they will certainly be influenced by China's excellent cultural traditions, but they will inevitably accept some bad influences. For primary school students with strong plasticity, is it good to read "Four Books and Five Classics"? This is indeed a topic worth discussing.
Agree with a point of view
Can you produce some selected books?
Generally speaking, it is not a bad thing for primary school students to read the Four Books and Five Classics. There are many cultural classics in China, which the education department attaches importance to, and will play a positive role in the dissemination and popularization of excellent culture.
But it goes without saying that due to historical limitations, the essence and dross in the Four Books and Five Classics are mixed. In view of this, our experts and scholars can study it carefully, take the past as the principle, discard its dross, take its essence, and compile an anthology as extracurricular reading materials for primary and secondary school students. This not only allows the spread of traditional culture, but also prevents the erosion of some bad ideas, killing two birds with one stone.
(Gui Renhao)
Read under the guidance of the teacher
I think it is good for primary school students to read some "Four Books and Five Classics". There are many excellent things in China's traditional culture that should be carried forward. Of course, due to the limited understanding ability of primary school students, reading the "Four Books and Five Classics" should be carried out under the guidance of teachers. You can choose some chapters so that students can understand them first, and then read and recite them. After a long time, they will be deeply impressed. From the media reports, we found that many overseas Chinese had nothing, and finally succeeded through hard work. Many of them benefited from the influence of China's traditional culture, and the nourishment of China's traditional culture can not be ignored.
(Ji) According to
Learn healthy content.
I think books like the Four Books and the Five Classics, which have played an important role in the history of our country, should not be shelved or even thrown away simply because they contain some feudal consciousness and dross, but should be studied, taught and studied as important historical and cultural heritage. Of course, this kind of learning and teaching are two different things from the belief that was dogmatic in the past.
If primary school students want to read the "Four Books and Five Classics" well, they should carefully choose and learn those contents that are easy to understand and have positive and healthy significance according to the characteristics of primary school education. The teacher is very convincing and easy to explain, but he can't let the students absorb it without criticizing it.
(Zhu)
Education should form national characteristics
"Four Books and Five Classics" is the traditional culture of the Chinese nation. Although there are many dross of feudal culture, there are also many famous sayings to persuade students to study and sharpen their ambitions. For example, "reviewing the past and knowing the new can be a teacher", "learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning is dangerous" ... These classic expositions not only emphasize the importance of learning, but also contain correct learning methods. For example, quotations such as "Ming De knows shame, respects ceremony and keeps promise" and "A scholar should be loyal and have a long way to go" can help people set up lofty ideals and standardize moral conduct.
These short, pithy and catchy old sayings have condensed the profound thoughts of ancient sages on the universe, nature, society and life. It is these excellent traditional cultural factors handed down from generation to generation that have constructed the unique cultural tradition and national spirit of the Chinese nation.
China is in an era of great change with each passing day. While encouraging innovation and promoting development, education needs to form its own national characteristics, while not forgetting to integrate the fine traditions and excellent culture of the Chinese nation. Primary and secondary school students are in the golden age with the best memory. Choosing some "Four Books and Five Classics" and reciting some famous sayings and old sayings that are rich in connotation and easy to remember will make them never forget and benefit for life.
In my opinion, the crux of the problem lies in how educators should waste their time selecting and compiling works and how to correctly guide primary and secondary school students to read aloud.
(Gu) According to
Increase cultural heritage
Many parents began to teach their children to recite Tang poetry and Song poetry when they were learning English. The catchy rhythm, wonderful artistic conception and refined words are of great benefit to their children to accumulate some cultural details from an early age.
At present, let primary school students re-read the "Four Books and Five Classics" precisely to let children get rich nutrients from their ancestors' in-depth thinking about the universe, nature, society and life, and from the recognition and praise of moral cultivation by sages. At the same time, it can also help primary school students to cultivate their ability to use language and characters by reading the "Four Books and Five Classics" when their memory is the best. (Jia)
Neutral point of view
You must read it, you don't have to read it all.
For primary school students to read the "Four Books and Five Classics", the author's views are as follows: First, you have to read them all. As an important part of China's traditional culture, "Four Books and Five Classics" should be understood by future generations. But these chapters are too abstruse after all, and primary school students don't need to spend a lot of time and energy to "read them all". Secondly, take its essence and discard its dross. Many chapters in The Four Books and Five Classics really condensed the profound thoughts of ancient sages on the universe, nature, society and life, but they also contained many feudal superstitions, so teachers should pay attention to let children absorb them critically. Therefore, I suggest that the publishing department compile the four books and five classics into a condensed version of the vernacular and "comment" chapter by chapter. In this way, it will not only help primary school students to read and understand the "Four Books and Five Classics", but also help to enhance their mental health.
(Zhu)
Step by step, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages
It is no accident that rereading the Four Books and Five Classics has become a trend, which is of positive significance for carrying forward Chinese culture and inheriting cultural traditions.
However, the "Four Books and Five Classics" are all records of the thoughts and deeds of the ancients more than 2,000 years ago, which are not completely suitable for today's society, nor are they completely suitable for children to read directly. I think we should do it step by step. We might as well choose some poems such as "cutting down trees and singing birds" as enlightenment and accept edification, and then choose some poems such as "learning while learning" and "I save three times a day ...". Such boring and abstruse contents as Yi and Chunqiu are not suitable for reading. In short, only by studying step by step can we gain advantages and avoid disadvantages.
(Zhang Jingwen)
dissenting views
Learn after you have the ability to distinguish.
It is certainly beneficial for students to learn some excellent things in traditional culture. The problem is that there are dross and essence in the "Four Books and Five Classics". Learning these things needs to be selected and distinguished, and primary school students do not have this ability. Instead of this, it is better to wait until you grow up and basically have the ability to distinguish, and it is not too late. At this stage, it is better for primary school students to learn modern knowledge in a down-to-earth manner. Besides, the burden of primary school students is already heavy enough. They want to learn foreign languages and computers, and many parents and teachers give their children another "small stove". Pupils now have to learn not only a lot, but also a lot, which is more difficult than before. When the society has repeatedly called on primary school students to "reduce their burdens", it is really unnecessary for them to read the "Four Books and Five Classics". (Gu) According to
There is no need to make great efforts.
In old schools or private schools, students had to recite the "Four Books and Five Classics". They know it by heart, but they can't fully understand its meaning.
Now it is more difficult for primary school students to read the "Four Books and Five Classics": First, they are too old for primary school students to understand; Second, the foundation of modern writing has not been laid well, and learning ancient Chinese is too heavy for primary school students; Thirdly, there are many dross in the "Four Books and Five Classics", and it is still a question whether students can correctly understand them under the guidance of teachers. Therefore, it is not necessary for primary school students to read the "Four Books and Five Classics" in order to exercise their memory and lay the foundation for future study, but it is completely unnecessary to make great efforts to master it, and even form a wave.
(Wu)
You shouldn't indulge in old paper piles.
"Four Books and Five Classics" is an important part of China traditional culture. I think it is more appropriate for children to get in touch with some essential chapters from junior high school, and high school can increase the weight. But primary school students don't need to read the "Four Books and Five Classics". For them, it is enough to be edified from an early age and incorporate these books and some stories of the author into teaching materials. At present, I think the most important thing is to learn the most advanced technology and culture in the world and learn something that keeps pace with the times, instead of indulging in old papers. (Wen Zuyuan)
Can pupils read?
I am a sophomore in a key high school. I always read a lot of idle books in winter and summer vacations. But it's funny to say it. I don't know and understand many classic chapters, especially the background and social conditions of the author's writing at that time. Therefore, the classic chapters such as "Four Books and Five Classics" are difficult to really understand and comprehend, and I can only read them as if I don't understand them.
As a senior two student like me, I can't read the "Four Books and Five Classics" for a long time, so the effect of reading the "Four Books and Five Classics" by primary school students is not difficult to imagine. Generally speaking, primary school students' vocabulary, knowledge and ability to analyze and understand articles are still at a low level. They are likely to get twice the result with half the effort or even be busy for nothing.
You can't eat hot porridge if you are impatient, and you should read the "Four Books and Five Classics" at the right time in your life.
(Hu)
It's easy to get bored without asking for a solution.
It is true that there are many quintessences of Chinese excellent culture in the Four Books and Five Classics, but it is still too early for primary school students to read the Four Books and Five Classics and recite the ancient teachings of Chinese studies. "If you want to be vigorous, you must be solid", and primary school students are still in the primary stage of "laying the foundation". Learning basic knowledge well is far more important than reading the Four Books and Five Classics. They don't have enough analytical ability and understanding ability to understand the profound meaning of some essences in the "Four Books and Five Classics", so it is meaningless to let them read some "Four Books and Five Classics" and recite some famous sayings and aphorisms.
Interest is the best teacher. At present, primary schools in Shanghai advocate quality education, that is, entertaining and entertaining, so that primary school students can enjoy fun and master knowledge in a subtle way, thus cultivating their interest in learning. Letting children read the "Four Books and Five Classics" without much understanding will not only increase their learning burden, but also make them feel tired of learning and let them fall into the mode of rote memorization. Accepting the traditional culture of the Chinese nation properly will benefit people a lot, but it is still debatable whether it is necessary for primary school students to read the "Four Books and Five Classics". (Han Qing)