The first song such as timely rain, such as timely rain. Look at Sung River in the Water Margin, it rains in time. He is accepted by others because whenever others are in trouble, he can come and lend a helping hand without hesitation. So how does a teacher teach his students? It is the critical moment when students have problems and encounter difficulties, which the teacher said inspired generate. This is called timely rain. When we were studying, sometimes we were very young, and the teacher said a lot of big things that we didn't understand at all. So why do we educate our children differently from middle school students and adults? Just like timely rain, you can tell him again when he needs it, and the effect will be great.
The second type is called "virtuous people", which is generally based on self-cultivation in primary and secondary schools. When it comes to self-cultivation, why should it be especially placed in primary and secondary schools? Because the fourth divination in the Book of Changes is called Meng Gua, and this divination is like an alliance, what we are talking about today is enlightenment education, so in Meng Gua, it is particularly emphasized that "enlightened and righteous, saints make meritorious deeds". When children are still ignorant, you should let them know what is the right way of life, which is the achievement of saints. In other words, when you are young, you must have good living habits and basic moral concepts. If the foundation is not laid well, there will be problems in character education, which will be a disaster for society. For individuals, I am afraid it is also a loss. So this is the second, successful person.
Third, "rich people." It is to cultivate talents, which should be the stage of university. There should be no problem for universities to become experts and talents by disciplines and departments.
Fourth, "there are questioners." Answers can also be made at any stage. As long as someone asks a question, Mencius will answer it, because the questioner knows what kind of answer he needs. For example, a student asked me, teacher, do you think it is good for me to go abroad? Then the teacher can't say that going abroad is good, you have to see if the conditions are enough, so I asked him, are you qualified to go abroad? What are the benefits? What are the advantages of staying at home? Each has its advantages and disadvantages. After the analysis, the students will know how to choose. So if you really know where the answer is, it is the person who asks the question. We have been teachers all our lives, and sometimes it is difficult to answer students' questions for a long time. Finally, the student said, teacher, this is not what I asked, so you didn't tell me earlier. Because sometimes students don't say a complete sentence when they ask questions, and the teacher only listens to you and answers according to my imagination.
Therefore, Mencius said that the fourth method of teaching students is to answer questions, and the fifth method is called "those who have private love". I haven't heard much about this. What is Shu Ai? Some people say it should be pronounced as private Shu (Yi), Yi, or whatever. This easy means to correct it now. I look for a person's virtue and knowledge in private and correct myself. It's like I published a book, which introduced Mencius' thoughts, and others can learn by themselves after reading it. This is also a teaching method, which means that you don't have to teach directly, but he will find a good one in private. For example, Mencius said that I am a private Confucius, and this virtue is to take good things, and I will learn good ideas from Confucius myself.