From: Saint Amethyst in Wang Yinglin.
Original text:
At the beginning of life, human nature is good; The same nature varies from upbringing to upbringing.
Do not teach, be sexually active; In order to teach well, you should think deeply.
Interpretation: At the beginning of birth, people are all kind in nature and similar in essence. Just because of the different environment and education, their habits are very different.
If you haven't received a good education since childhood, your kind nature will degenerate. In order to keep people from becoming bad, the most important way is to educate children wholeheartedly.
Extended data
The way to teach is to specialize in short stories.
In order to inspire a young monk, an old monk gave him a jar and asked him to fill it with stones. So the young monk found some big stones and quickly filled the jar. The old monk didn't say anything after seeing it. I just went outside the temple to find some small stones and filled them in the jar with my hands.
The young monk was ashamed and said, "Master, have a rest. I will definitely fill the jar. " The young monk soon filled the jar with small stones again. Happy to say to the master: "master, I finally filled the tank." The old monk didn't speak. I went out to find some sand and came back to fill the jar. At this time, the young monk's face turned red.
He said shyly, "Master, I know. I'll fill the tank. " That's a long time. The young monk finally filled the jar with sand. No matter how he looks at it, he thinks it is full. The master looked at the young monk's sweaty face and said nothing. Back to the meditation room, I took a glass of water and slowly poured it into the jar.
The young monk began to want to say, master, didn't you say to fill it with stones? But if you look at it, you will realize something. The master asked him, "Do you understand?" The young monk said, "I see. It is necessary to go further. " The old monk smiled. Then you can continue to fill it out. It's no use just knowing. Do it.
The young monk continued to carefully fill the jar with water bit by bit until there was no gap. It's very late at this time. The old monk invited the young monk to dinner. Exhausted young monk, munching vegetarian food. The old monk looked at the young monk kindly. When he had eaten almost, he took a handful of salt, walked to the jar and slowly sprinkled it.
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