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What are the aspects of Mencius' thought about the role of education?
"Mencius' Theory of Taoism and Goodness" is an important school of human nature view. It is the first time to understand and expound human nature from a theoretical height, and it has formed the thinking habit that argumentation education and argumentation education should first demonstrate human nature. Monk believes that these people's "conscience" and "good ability" are innate to human beings. At the same time, however, Meng Xian's "theory of good nature" reveals some important theoretical network rhymes that have become the basis of his educational thoughts. First, the theory of "human nature is good" shows that human nature is an essential attribute unique to human beings and different from animals. Secondly, the theory of "human nature is good" also contains the preconditions for the development of human species. Therefore, the goodness of human nature is the result of human habits and slow evolution. Thirdly, the theory of "goodness of human nature" not only reveals the "class" of human beings, but also reveals the "reason" of human beings. The "reason" of human nature is "the goodness of human nature, even if it is still water, it will flow downwards". Monk thinks that education is a process of expanding "goodness": although he said that benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom are "innate", he did not think that people were born with ready-made moral concepts and qualities, and at best it could be regarded as a moral possibility. He said: compassion is the purpose of benevolence; The heart of shame and evil, the end of righteousness; The words of the heart are the end of the ceremony; The heart of right and wrong is also the end of wisdom. The so-called "end" refers to the beginning or reason of things. People's four psychological tendencies of sadness, shame, resignation and right and wrong are precisely the starting point or possibility of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and wisdom. May not be equal to reality. To turn the "Four Ends" into a realistic moral quality, we need to rely on learning and education = the so-called "there is no other learning method, just ask them to rest assured". Therefore, Monk believes that the function of education is to guide people to preserve, restore and expand their inner goodness. Without education, don't say that people are good. People are almost like animals. Monk's "dying well" is only a possibility for human beings, and it will become a reality. It relies on the joint action of education, material living conditions, social environment and many other factors to promote the inherent "happy ending" growth of human beings.