1. He advocated "no class left", 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, conforming to the trend of social development at that time.

2. Confucius advocated that "studious is an official". Be an official if you have spare capacity after studying. The purpose of his education is to cultivate political gentlemen, and gentlemen must have high moral quality, so Confucius emphasized that school education must put moral education first.

3. The main contents of Confucius' moral education are "courtesy" and "benevolence". Among them, "courtesy" is the moral standard, and "benevolence" is the highest moral standard. "Rite" is the form of "benevolence" and "benevolence" is the content of "ceremony". With the spirit of "benevolence", "ceremony" can be truly enriched. In terms of moral cultivation, he put forward methods such as determination, self-denial, practice, introspection and courage to reform.

4. "Learning and knowing" is the dominant idea of Confucius' teaching thought. While advocating being shameless and eager to learn, he emphasized the combination of learning and thinking ("learning without thinking is useless, thinking without learning is dangerous"), and at the same time, he should "apply what he has learned" and apply what he has learned to social practice.

5. In terms of teaching methods, Confucius requires teachers to have the educational philosophy of "teaching without distinction" and "managing the country to help the world", the methodology of "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude" and "heuristic", and pay attention to early childhood education and enlightenment education. He educates students to have an honest learning attitude, be open-minded and eager to learn, review what they have learned from time to time, so as to "review the past and learn new things", broaden and deepen the extension of new knowledge, and "draw inferences from others".

He first proposed heuristic teaching. He said, "No anger, no anger, no anger." This means that teachers should enlighten and inspire students appropriately when students have seriously thought and reached a certain level.

6. He was also the earliest educator who adopted the method of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude in teaching practice. Through conversation and individual observation, he understands and is familiar with students' personality characteristics. On this basis, according to the specific situation of each student, different educational methods are adopted to cultivate talents in morality, language, politics and literature.

Confucius loved education and engaged in educational activities all his life. He never tires of learning and teaching. We should not only set an example, but also teach by example and influence students with our own example behavior. He loves his students and they respect him very much. The relationship between teachers and students is very harmonious. He is a shining example of ancient teachers in China.

Meaning:

Confucius' educational activities not only cultivated many students, but also put forward his educational theory on the basis of practice, which laid a theoretical foundation for China's ancient education.

Confucius, as an important thinker and educator in ancient China, summed up his own educational thoughts in his life's educational practice, which is a precious treasure in the history of education in China and shines with the brilliance of educational philosophy everywhere.

His educational thought has universal value, which not only had important influence at that time, but also has very important significance today thousands of years later. Studying Confucius' educational thought from realistic problems can help us find reference and inspiration from past practice and theory.

Introduction of Confucius

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.

Confucius was one of the most learned scholars in the society at that time. When he was alive, he was honored as "the sage of heaven" and "the muduo of heaven", and even as the sage of Confucius, the most holy teacher, the master of Wang Xuan and the teacher of all ages by later rulers. His thoughts have a far-reaching influence on China and the world, and he is listed as the first of the "Top Ten Cultural Celebrities in the World".

With the expansion of Confucius' influence, "Confucius Sacrifice Ceremony" once became the same level of sacrifice as China's ancestor worship.