Yan Zhitui, Zi Jie, was a writer in the Northern Qi Dynasty. His works have been handed down from generation to generation, taking Confucian traditional thoughts as the way to govern the family, and the book is also influenced by Taoist thoughts, advocating humility. He emphasized that the key to family education is parents, and parents' behavior and educational methods have a great influence on children's growth. Parents must combine their beloved children with their godchildren, and avoid "loving without teaching" and over-pampering and conniving their children, and "loving children appropriately".
Yan Jiaxun is the earliest family instruction book in ancient China, the first family instruction with rich content and grand system in the history of China, and also an academic masterpiece. Its content is Confucian educational theory and methods, emphasizing the importance of early childhood education.
The educational thought of Yan Family Instructions is an important milestone in China's ancient family education, which has a far-reaching influence on later generations. With the progress of the times, although his Confucian educational thought has its limitations, its educational thoughts, educational thoughts and educational methods still have important guiding significance for our society and our family!