Xue Ji's educational thought is: learn from each other's strong points, inspire and induce, be good at saving the nation and survive, step by step. It is argued that learning is mutual promotion and learning. Teachers should also give students some room for thinking when teaching students. In the process of teaching, teachers need to observe carefully. Every student has his unique personality and is different from others.
The Book of Learning reveals that teachers' eyes should not only be full of knowledge and scores, but also stimulate students' desire to think, explore and learn. They must adhere to the student-oriented educational concept. The accumulation of knowledge and the growth of intelligence are a slow rising process, which cannot be achieved overnight.
The Educational Function and Purpose of Xue Ji
In the spirit of Confucian rule of virtue, Xue Ji thinks that the function of education is to serve politics, and puts forward the ideas of "building the country and governing the people, teaching first" and "a gentleman must learn if he wants to turn the people into customs".
There are two educational purposes advocated in Xue Ji: one is to cultivate rulers with the ability of "building the country and governing the people"; The second is to "turn the people into customs" and educate the people into "law-abiding" listeners. Xue Ji highly combines education with politics and society, and regards education as an important means of politics. This view is also the basic starting point for feudal scholars to treat education in past dynasties.