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How did the ancients educate their children?
The ancients mainly educated children from four aspects: loyalty, filial piety and righteousness.

1, filial piety is the first of all virtues, and filial piety is the first. The exclusive education for children should be filial.

2. If the country is in trouble, loyalty and filial piety can't be balanced, we should pay attention to righteousness, which means loyalty is the main choice. Teach children to be loyal.

Section 3 refers to keeping promises and obeying rules when doing things. The ancients were very strict about etiquette. Without credit and rules, it is very serious. Teach children to have faith.

Righteousness refers to loyalty and friendship. Teach children to be human and behave kindly.

In addition, the ancients' education of children was more reflected in the environment (educating children to learn from good people):

For example, most people's children need moralists (with good moral character) to study, not famous people (rich families need famous people more).

Another example is that Meng Mu moved three times in order to give his children a good learning environment.

If children study: In addition to the above requirements, there are also requirements for children after studying, such as fame (achievement).

As far as Confucianism itself is concerned, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faithfulness are not general requirements, but only special requirements of Confucian students, but they are not contrary to the requirements of the ancients, except that they are different in teaching and learning, adding the word wisdom (sober and rational).