Today's seemingly deserved education has even caused great resistance among many children; However, this was a luxury in China before Confucius, and not everyone was eligible for education. Under the aristocratic politics at that time, receiving education was exclusive to the aristocratic class; Learning Confucianism, that is, the wave of people who teach etiquette, is attached to the aristocratic class and serves it specially. It is basically wishful thinking for civilians to systematically study the six Confucian arts.
And Confucius first advocated it? Don't teach in class In other words, all kinds of people should be educated, regardless of class, rich or poor; He made a ceremony of binding and repairing: Confucius will educate who can submit ten hanging bacon as a gift. This is the beginning of knowledge popularization, and it is a major change in the history of ancient education in China, which is used by future generations. From then on, people with lofty ideals from all walks of life had the opportunity to receive education, which had an immeasurable and far-reaching impact on the development of intelligence and the progress of productivity in ancient China.
Second, it advocates paying equal attention to skill education and character education, that is, having both ability and political integrity, which sets a talent standard for future generations.
Originally, the education taught by the aristocratic class was nothing more than six arts, namely, ceremony, music, shooting, royal, calligraphy and number. Confucius' teaching is not only an original copy of this knowledge, but also a new interpretation and revision according to his own understanding and the development of the times. At the same time, he paid more attention to educating his disciples with systematic moral theory and meticulous outlook on life, and constructed a complete? Dedao? Ideology, opinion? Benevolence, courtesy, loyalty and courage? Compassionate, helpful, sincere and generous. His quotations were recorded by disciples and re-transmitted disciples, that is, The Analects of Confucius, which embodies Confucius' political views, ethical thoughts, moral concepts and educational principles.
After more than two thousand years in China, the definition of talents did not jump out of Confucius' definition: having both ability and political integrity, and virtue is more important than talent. This is also a characteristic that distinguishes China people from other civilizations, and constitutes a special cultural gene of China society.
The greatness of Confucius lies in his independent private identity, which spread education to the whole people, and emphasized not only skills but also morality, which had a far-reaching impact on the development of China for thousands of years.