Confucius advocated human nature, and the education and thought that his master wanted to teach was "benevolence", that is, human nature, kindness and mutual love, which was also his moral outlook. His other idea is patience and mutual understanding.

Confucius' learning method, in a word, is what Xia Zi, a student of Confucius, said: "erudite and determined, eager to ask questions and think closely."

Confucius said, "If you don't get angry, you won't get angry. If you don't get angry, you won't get angry. If you don't take a corner, you won't get it again."

Mencius

Mencius' educational thought is developed on the basis of inheriting Confucius' educational thought. 1, he proposed that the purpose of education is to cultivate a gentleman, a gentleman who "keeps his place". "Wealth can't be immoral, poverty can't move, and power can't bend. This is called a gentleman. " He advocates that everyone can "love each other" through education, and there is no behavior of "making mistakes and making trouble". Education should bring up a ruler with lofty ideals. 2. About the role of education. He emphasizes inner moral cultivation, but does not deny the influence of acquired environment on human nature. He believes that the acquired environment can change the innate mind and acquired bad habits. Education plays an important role in the cultivation and development of people and in the country and society. He believes: "People who have a good way, eat warmly and live in seclusion without teaching are close to animals." "Good governance is not as good as good teaching. Good governance, people fear it, good teaching and people love it. Good governance gains people's wealth, and good teaching wins people's hearts. " He pays attention to the cultivation of moral education and the exercise of moral will. Including advocating ambition and nourishing qi, seeking for others on behalf of others, changing course and moving good, and exercising will. Mencius paid great attention to a person's "cultivation of mind", that is, subjective cultivation. Its highest state was that his morality had reached a sense of justice, so that he could be confident and full of "integrity". He advocated between righteousness and benefit, taking righteousness and relic; We should try our best to "have less desires", restrain our own desires and pursue the truth. He believes that a person must have "compassion", "shame" and "resignation" in order to behave and treat others with courtesy. This lofty concept of justice and benefit has become the virtue of the Chinese nation. He also believes that a person must work hard to achieve greatness. He said, "If heaven wants to be powerful, it must first suffer from its mind, train its bones and muscles, starve its body and skin, empty its body, and mess with its actions, so be patient and benefit from its incompetence." This sentence has become a famous saying throughout the ages and has always inspired future generations. 4. On teaching methods. His thoughts include self-satisfaction, perseverance, step by step, reflection and doubt, teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and so on. And he regards educating people as one of the "three pleasures" of a gentleman: "Parents exist, brothers have no cause, and one is happy; Yang is worthy of the sky, regardless of people, but also happy; If you are educated by talents in the world, you will have three pleasures. " In addition, Mencius also attached great importance to students' learning attitude and the cultivation of students' excellent qualities. He warned students to have a modest and sincere attitude towards learning. For those who "ask in the name of expensive, virtue, length, tiredness and embarrassment", he "answers nothing". He warned students that whether a person can achieve something depends on his own efforts, just like "a catalpa craftsman can keep his distance from others, but he can't be smart"; Scholars should have perseverance, perseverance and tireless struggle for it, such as "the path between mountains, but the road is built by it;" Plug it if you don't need it. "("Mencius ") If a person is intermittent in his study, he has no perseverance to study hard, just like a mountain road, he often meets a road. If it is interrupted, it will be covered by weeds on the roadside.

Mencius' famous saying

Therefore, it is necessary for the people of Sri Lanka to suffer their minds, their bones and muscles, their bodies, their bodies and their actions. Therefore, patience has benefited them a lot. -"Mencius"