"Principal" refers to the old principal of a private school. To put it more "trendy", he used to be a teacher in a private educational institution. Shu is a teacher in the old education system and should be regarded as an indispensable part of the whole education system. Most of the impressions Mr. Xue left in ancient times were stuffy, rigorous and pedantic.
The teacher is a teacher in an ancient private school. Most of the teachers' colleges in the past dynasties came from those who didn't study much, didn't have the conditions to take the imperial examination, or failed the imperial examination repeatedly. They make a living by using the knowledge they have acquired, which is called "tongue farming" and is recognized by the society as an innocent and noble profession.
The other part is a scholar who has a certain fame, but failed to enter the officialdom, or was dismissed or dismissed from office after becoming an official, or retired from the officialdom on his own, or retired to other places. They may live by themselves because they have no place to live.
Or to preach enlightenment and temptation as their own responsibility; There are still some people who lead an honest and clean life and do not seek official advancement; Because of the change of dynasty, people who entered the yuan and Qing dynasties were not officials; People whose responsibility is to impart academic ideas and promote orthodoxy, and so on.
Generally speaking, Su Shi was a group of declining literati with bad fate or hopeless career. Pu Songling, a famous writer, spent most of his life working hard to support his family. He is a typical representative of teachers. Learning was the most important career choice of literati at that time, especially the unemployed literati.
Teachers mainly come from the following categories: first, junior students and children who have lived in other places all their lives. They often try again and again, and then die on the battlefield. These people make up the majority of the teachers. Of course, it is not excluded that such people's fortunes have changed.
If you want to ask a teacher to teach your children, you must first ask someone to visit a teacher with excellent academic performance; The hired teachers should also know about the recruiters, first of all, Dongxue himself. After mutual introduction, understanding and consensus, the "letter of appointment" should be delivered to the teachers to be hired before the old calendar year, which is called the next letter.
The teacher who applied for the post left the book as a "fixed photo". This will wait for the opening next year. The teacher's post is called "Nine Pass". The closing time is usually the 16th day of the first month. On this day, someone was sent to meet Mr. Wang, and at the same time, he led people to decorate the library: clean the room and set up a memorial tablet for Old Master Q.