Fetal education in today's society can be described as familiar. When it comes to prenatal education, we immediately think of playing all kinds of music and talking to the fetus during pregnancy, so as to hope that the baby born will be healthy and smart. In fact, as early as the pre-Qin period in China, the concept of "prenatal education" had already appeared.

However, the word "prenatal education" only appeared in the Han Dynasty and was widely used in the literature. This shows that the development of prenatal education has been highly valued by people in the Han Dynasty. So why did the Han Dynasty attach so much importance to prenatal education, and what measures did it take to attach importance to prenatal education? What impact do these measures have on us now?

So why did the Han Dynasty attach so much importance to prenatal education?

So what is the original state?

"Yi" yue:

"Build on the foundation and start over" means paying attention to the "foundation" state.

And the spring and autumn annals also mentioned:

The most primitive state of human beings is embryonic stage, which is the first stage of the whole life development. Only when this stage is well developed will it lay the foundation for the development of the whole life. Therefore, it is very important to do a good job in education and training during this period for the development of the whole life. Therefore, people at that time attached great importance to prenatal education.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen centralization and implement positive and promising measures, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted Dong Zhongshu's suggestion of "ousting a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone". Since then, Dong Zhongshu's Neo-Confucianism has become the mainstream of Confucianism in the Han Dynasty and a guide for people's thoughts and actions. ?

The core view of Dong Zhongshu's Neo-Confucianism is the connection between man and nature. In layman's terms, the connection between man and nature means that there is a world exactly like ours besides the world we live in. This world is heaven, which is the universe. If we do well, God will encourage us with auspicious signs. If we don't do well, when disaster comes, God will remind us. So the influence of the universe on us is very important. The universe affects our personal development by affecting the environment around us.

The influence of the universe on the fetus is carried out through the environment of pregnant women. Because of paying attention to the concept of heaven and the universe, prenatal education will pay great attention to the environment around pregnant women. Therefore, people pay more and more attention to prenatal education under the long-term influence of the thought of heaven and man induction.

With the development of time and history to the Han Dynasty, people have a certain understanding of infant diseases. It is generally believed that the baby will get sick, and the cause has been planted on the mother. For example, pregnant women's mood is very unstable, which will lead to incomplete development of children.

If pregnant women live in a humid environment for a long time, the children born are prone to rheumatism and so on. Therefore, people attach great importance to prenatal education in order to obtain a healthy baby.

The Han Dynasty is an era that pays special attention to prenatal education, which transforms the emphasis on prenatal education into a series of concrete and implementable measures, mainly focusing on two aspects.

The first aspect is the regulations for pregnant women themselves.

For example, pregnant women must maintain correct body posture. So what is the correct body posture? Sitting and standing can't be as casual as before, let alone crossing your legs. Even if there is no one else, you must keep a positive attitude.

You can't express your bad emotions casually, you can't be happy and angry casually, you should be very peaceful. Because of the great joy and anger of pregnant women, it will lead to the beating of children, which may lead to premature birth. Moreover, the exultation and anger of pregnant women can easily lead to endocrine disorders and cannot provide a good environment for fetal development.

For example, in listening, don't listen to some bad remarks and don't participate in the discussion of your mother-in-law. And the diet should be relatively peaceful, eating different foods at different stages of children's development. And made a series of taboos on the diet of pregnant women. For example, pregnant women are not advised to eat rabbit meat, because if they see rabbit meat or eat rabbit meat, the baby born will have rabbit lips.

Pregnant women should also avoid eating bloody things, especially sparrow meat, because history books record that the nutrition of the fetus mainly comes from the mother's blood gas. If pregnant women eat a lot of taboo food, it will be passed on to their children, which will lead to unhealthy physical development and even unhealthy mental development.

The second aspect is the regulations on the environment of pregnant women.

Because the environment around pregnant women will also have a far-reaching impact on the development of the fetus, paying attention to prenatal education means paying attention to the environment around pregnant women. This kind of attention is mainly reflected in meeting the requirements of pregnant women in all aspects, especially the spiritual pleasure.

According to records, there was a queen who liked listening to music very much when she was pregnant, but the person in charge of playing music played unevenly, which did not reach her satisfaction. Therefore, the pregnant woman is very depressed and has no intention to do other things, so that the child he gave birth to has no musical talent and no innocent smile that belongs to the child.

Therefore, in order to give birth to healthy children, we should provide a very pleasant environment for pregnant women in the process of prenatal education, try our best to meet her various needs, and let pregnant women spend those ten months happily in health and well-being.

The reason why prenatal education was implemented in the Han Dynasty may not be as scientific as what we are talking about now, but it can also reflect the social customs and habits at that time. These social customs, these habits have been affecting us now.

In the Han dynasty, we must pay attention to the correctness of prenatal education. As we can see, the whole culture of Han Dynasty is very particular about etiquette, which has a great influence on the implementation of prenatal education, just as many concepts were put forward in the culture of Han Dynasty. For example, eating upright, walking upright and sitting upright.

All this seems to be a summary of some experiences. In fact, it is not difficult to see that this is influenced by Confucianism, that is, some requirements of Confucianism are transferred to pregnant women, and some classics inherited by Confucianism are embodied in prenatal education. It can be seen that throughout the Han Dynasty, people were influenced by Confucianism and etiquette.

In the feudal society of China, the Han Dynasty was no exception. In fact, many things are combined with politics, including prenatal education.

? The first record about prenatal education, or the first person who practiced prenatal education, is generally considered to be the mother of Zhou Wenwang in the Western Zhou Dynasty. As we all know, Zhou Wenwang in the Western Zhou Dynasty created a very good era, which was generally considered as a very prosperous era in the Qin and Han Dynasties. Confucianism advocated by Confucius also advocates returning to that era.

Therefore, people have great respect and yearning for the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The establishment of the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty was inseparable from Zhou Wenwang, so why was Zhou Wenwang so outstanding? It was his mother who taught him well when he was a fetus.

Therefore, people think that the implementation of prenatal education will actually have a far-reaching impact on the long-term stability of the whole country. People in the Han dynasty would agree with prenatal education very much and attach great importance to it. It also reflects that the reason why the Han Dynasty attached importance to prenatal education was that it hoped that the whole Han Dynasty could maintain long-term stability.

There is no scientific basis for some food taboos in prenatal education measures in Han Dynasty. But from these legends, it seems that it can reflect a belief of the Han Dynasty at that time. This belief is what people expect of boys.

In ancient China society, boys were preferred to girls. At that time, people thought that prenatal education in Han dynasty could change the sex of babies, and we could take some measures to make children have boys. ? Therefore, people carry out prenatal education in order to want a boy.

"Mawangdui Han Tomb Medical Book" records:

It means that when you are pregnant for three months, you can have a boy if you can eat mugwort, stag and octopus.

In other words, taking eggs and pupae can not only make women pregnant, but also give birth to boys.

There seems to be no scientific basis for the implementation of many prenatal education in Han dynasty, but now science and technology show that its existence is also meaningful. Therefore, such a behavior of prenatal education has been affecting us now. For example, in the process of prenatal education, pregnant women should be happy and meet some requirements of pregnant women. ?

To sum up, in the Han Dynasty, people attached great importance to prenatal education and put it into real life because of people's attention to the primitive state, the influence of Confucianism, especially Dong Zhongshu's thought of heaven and man, and the influence of the universe on the living environment and the prevention of infant diseases.

Two measures were put forward in the implementation of prenatal education in Han Dynasty. The first is the requirement for pregnant women themselves, which requires all behaviors of pregnant women to meet positive requirements, that is, standing upright, sitting up straight, behaving correctly and so on. The second is the requirement for the surrounding environment of pregnant women, and it is necessary to create an environment for the emotional stability and happiness of pregnant women.

From the implementation of prenatal education measures, it can be seen that people in the Han Dynasty attached importance to the system of rites and music, and yearned for the early years of the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty, including the yearning for boys. Although these factors can not be the scientific basis for attaching importance to prenatal education, they have been affecting us now.

Reference to historical documents:

Spring and Autumn Stories Reveal Righteousness and Evidence

Biography of women

the Book of the Han Dynasty