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Confucius' Educational Thoughts What educational thoughts and teaching methods of Confucius are relevant to today?
Confucius' curriculum revolves around the teaching purpose. The Analects of Confucius said: "Confucius taught four things: believe in words." It means that Confucius has set up four courses: literature, conduct, loyalty and faith. Similar to today's four main courses: cultural knowledge, social practice, ideological and political education and moral education. These courses pay more attention to the cultivation of ideology and morality and the principles of teaching people to do things. "Doing" is the way to do things; "Loyalty" is the way to be an official wholeheartedly; "Letter" is an honest way to make friends. In these three courses, "action" is the general leader, while "loyalty" and "faith" are not only the principles of being a man, but also the political ethics that everyone who is determined to be an official must possess.

The ultimate goal of Confucius education is to cultivate gentlemen, and the direct goal is to be an official if you are eager to learn. In layman's terms, it is to train excellent students, then take the civil service exam and be a useful person to the country and society.

Confucius' teaching method is a bit special, which is called "Don't get angry, don't start work, don't worry (fěi), don't give one angle (yú) and don't contradict three angles, then it's gone". It means, "don't enlighten students before they try to understand;" Not to the extent that students can understand but can't express it perfectly, not inspiring. If the students can't draw inferences, they won't talk about it again. "In other words, the way Confucius attends class is to give you a question to think about, but you can't think of it-scratching your scalp and thinking constantly; Sit on the podium and wait for your questions, don't ask-just wait for the make-up exam, with special emphasis on students' IQ and enthusiasm.

Confucius is particularly good at teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, aiming at the characteristics of different students. For example, for a stupid student like Sima Niu, Confucius said it was particularly simple. For a student who is too brave like Luz, Confucius told Luz to relax. Confucius told Zi Gong, who was particularly conceited, that Yan Hui was actually much better than him. For the philosopher Ceng Zi, Confucius often talked with him about some profound problems.