1. On the role of education: put forward the viewpoint of "for the common, for the rich and for the teaching", and think that population, wealth and education are the three elements of the founding of the country. Confucius believes that education plays an important role in national stability and social development.

2. As for the object of education, he advocated "no class for all", founded private schools and enrolled more students, which broke the monopoly of slave owners and nobles on school education and expanded the scope of education to civilians.

3. About the purpose of education: We are committed to cultivating a group of "scholars" and "gentlemen" through education, and the primary purpose of education is to improve personality.

4. About the content of education: "Zi teaches four things: writing, action, loyalty and faith." Literature refers to cultural knowledge-"Six Classics": Poetry, Calligraphy, Rites, Yi, Music, Spring and Autumn Period. Behavior, loyalty and belief are the requirements of moral code of conduct. The deficiency lies in the lack of natural science knowledge and labor knowledge content. In the educational content of Confucius, moral education occupies an important position, and cultural knowledge learning serves moral education.

5. About teaching methods: In teaching methods, teachers are required to have the educational concept of "teaching without distinction", the methodology of "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude" and "heuristic", and pay attention to early childhood education and enlightenment education.

6. On moral cultivation: In terms of moral cultivation, he put forward methods such as determination, self-denial, practice, introspection and courage to reform.

7. On the principle of education: Confucius emphasized that school education must put moral education first.

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Confucius (September 28th, 55 BC1year ~ April, 55 BC1year) was born in Shandong (now Qufu, Shandong) and was an ancient thinker in China. ?

Confucius initiated private lectures and advocated benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. There are 3,000 disciples, including 72 sages. He led some disciples to travel around the world for fourteen years, and revised the six classics (poetry, calligraphy, ceremony, music, Yi, Spring and Autumn) in his later years. After his death, his disciples and re-disciples recorded the words, deeds and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples and compiled The Analects. This book is regarded as a Confucian classic.