Yan Zhitui is a famous writer and educator in Chinese history, who lived from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui Dynasty. He is the author of Yan Jiaxun, which has an important influence on the development history of family education. What is Yan Zhitui's educational thought?
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Yan Zhitui (53 1 year-about 59 1 year), a native of Linyi, was born in Jiankang, a gentry bureaucratic family. The grandson of Yan Jianyuan, the Southern Qi empire, and the son of Xie Yan, the Southern Liang empire, all joined the army.
"Godson" is the second book in Yan Zhitui's handed down work "Family Instructions of Yan Family". This article illustrates the importance of educating sons by citing two different methods. Yan Zhitui's brief introduction aims at educating people by borrowing things.
Wang Sengbian's mother, Mrs. Wei, has a strict personality and a mean speech. At that time, Wang Sengbian had passed the age of no doubt, holding more than 3,000 people. However, if Wang Sengbian says something wrong or makes the old lady feel dissatisfied, then Mrs Wei will hit him with a stick. Wang Sengbian has made great achievements under her mother's strict discipline.
When Emperor Yuan lived, there was a gifted scholar who was loved by his father since childhood. If he does something good, his father will publicize and praise him. If he did something wrong, his father would cover it up for him without discipline. Later, the bachelor gradually grew up, and his grumpy personality gradually emerged. After all, one day he said something wrong, angered Zhou Wei and was killed. Brief introduction of Yan Zhitui, died miserably.
Yan Zhitui showed the importance of educating children, and said that in the coming year, he could not spoil them by using various educational methods and different results.
"Godson" is the second article in "Yan Family Instructions", which mainly talks about the importance of godson and occupies a very important position in family education in later generations.
Yan Zhitui's Educational Thought
Yan Zhitui is a famous educator in the history of China. His book "Yan Family Instructions" was regarded as "the norm of family education" by later generations, which had a very far-reaching impact on family education in later generations, and his educational thoughts were also reflected in this book. So, what is Yan Zhitui's educational thought?
Yan Zhitui mainly used traditional Confucianism to educate future generations, and many of his thoughts still have great reference significance to reality. He advocates studying hard and opposes being unlearned. He believes that learning should not only read books, but also pay attention to the knowledge of workers, peasants and soldiers, businessmen and other aspects. Advocating that learning is more important than practice, there is no rhetoric, but there is no practical action. He despised the gentry's greed for pleasure, luxury and corruption, and thought that most dude children were uneducated people.
As for family education, Yan Zhitui thinks it is necessary to teach it as early as possible, even prenatal education, so that people who know etiquette and benevolence can teach it. Yan Zhitui also advocated strict education, combining strictness with kindness closely, which means that doting on children is harmful and not beneficial. In addition, we should also pay attention to the influence of the environment on children. Yan Zhitui believes that we should choose our friends carefully and put our children in a good social environment. This also includes that elders should carefully choose their neighbors, and the people around them will have a subtle and far-reaching influence on children. Moral education is also very important. He believes that moral education is based on moral education. Finally, we should attach importance to humanitarian education. It is necessary to sum up one's own life experience and educate children how to behave.
Yan Zhitui's educational thoughts have been passed down to this day, and many of them are still worth pondering and learning from. His educational thought is also very important to the family education of later generations.