With regard to children's education, Wang Shouren criticized that traditional education neglected the characteristics of children's physical and mental development, and advocated that education should only conform to children's psychological development. Advocate the method of education and induce satire. Pay attention to the combination of motion and static, and use both body and brain. The content of education is diverse, such as poetry and reading.

Methods/steps advocated by children's education:

1. In terms of educational methods, he believes that traditional methods of supervision, responsibility and punishment should be replaced by methods of induction, inspiration and irony. That is, "inducing poetry", "guiding courtesy" and "satirizing reading";

2. In terms of teaching content, we advocate giving children education in poetry, etiquette and reading to cultivate children's thoughts and temperament. It is believed that various courses should play various educational roles, and "poetry", "reading" and "ceremony" all have their unique functions and should be comprehensively used.

3. In the teaching procedure, we advocate the combination of static and dynamic, the intersection of body and brain, and carefully arrange daily classes, so that children can not only learn knowledge, get moral edification, but also exercise, invigorate blood vessels and stretch their bones and muscles.

The Development of Wang Shouren s Educational Thought;

Wang Shouren: a thinker, strategist and educator in the mid-Ming Dynasty. A Neo-Confucianist, whose Neo-Confucianism thought inherited Lu Jiuyuan's "Mind Learning" thought;

He developed this and put forward theories such as "mind is reason", "conscience" and "unity of knowledge and action", which also became the theoretical basis of his educational thought. He is a subjective idealist.

It is believed that knowledge exists in people's minds, while Zhu believes that knowledge exists in everything. He believes that "things are poor in reason"-that is, things are cleaned up through research. He believes that there is nothing in the world, and all the knowledge and truth are in his heart. He inherited and developed Lu Jiuyuan's thought and was called "Lu Wangxue".

First, "mind is reason"

He believes that everyone is his own authority and reason exists in everyone's heart. He doesn't think everything makes sense. He believes that "there is nothing outside the heart, nothing outside the heart, unreasonable outside the heart, meaningless outside the heart, and no goodness outside the heart." Wang Shouren doesn't talk about sex, only about reason; Unlike Zhu Da who talks about reason and sex.

Second, "to conscience"

Wang Shouren believes that conscience always exists, just like a layer of dust. The process of conscience is the process of education.

Third, the idea of "unity of knowledge and action"

He believes that the process of knowing is the process of doing, and knowing and doing cannot be separated. Knowing and doing is a process, and he thinks that the beginning of doing is knowing. This is the opposite of Zhu.

Fourth, his moral cultivation method.

Wang Shouren emphasized epiphany. What he did was subtraction, and he had a conscience. (1, introspection: played down the role of reading, had a negative impact, and caused theoretical emptiness. 2. Things are sharpening. That is, learning by doing. He believes that all learning is carried out in action.