Confucius believes that to make a person successful, he must be trained to be good at possessing materials and thinking independently. Only in this way can students be taught fundamentally.

2. Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude

Confucius can face up to the differences in students' quality and selectively give different education according to students' own interests, wisdom and ability. The Analects of Confucius is bold and thoughtless. Confucius was afraid that he would make trouble rashly, so he taught him to take a step back when something happened. Confucius used this method to improve the moral cultivation of his disciples.

3, good at inspiring and convincing.

Confucius advocates that educating students is not a simple indoctrination, but a student-centered, enlightening students when they still have no clue after thinking, and inspiring students to say it when they want to express their thoughts but are struggling to say it. In addition, if students just stay in the understanding of knowledge and cannot internalize it into their own abilities, don't force them to continue teaching.

Anecdotal allusions

Debate between righteousness and benefit

There is a law in Lu. If Lu people see their compatriots suffering in foreign countries and becoming slaves, they can get financial compensation and rewards from the state as long as they can redeem them and help them regain their freedom.

Zi Gong was a student of Confucius. He redeemed Lu people from foreign countries, but did not accept money from the state. Confucius said, "You are wrong to give (Duanmu word, that is, Zigong)! What saints do can be used to change folk customs and can be taught to the people, not just to benefit themselves. Now there are fewer and fewer people and more and more poor people, so you have nothing to lose by getting compensation from the state. But without compensation, no one in Lu is willing to redeem his compatriots. "

Another student of Confucius, Luz, saved a drowning man. The rescuer gave him a cow to show his gratitude, and Luz accepted it. Confucius said happily, "From now on, Lu people will be brave enough to save people who fall into the water."