What is the story of Confucius and his students?

The story of Confucius and Zixia.

Confucius was the most well-known teacher, and many of the world's greatest talents came from far and wide to worship him as their teacher. One day, Confucius took in a new student named Zi Xia. When Zixia saw Confucius, he was very surprised, because Confucius looked like an ordinary old man, and in terms of appearance, he was not handsome and chic; In terms of figure, it is not strong; In terms of conversation or intelligence, it is just ordinary.

Zixia thought: "My teacher is the most famous teacher in the world, but it doesn't seem to be anything special!" Could it be that the rumors are too much?

Zixia looked back at his classmates, almost all of them were dragons and phoenixes among people, many of them were much more heroic than the teacher, and some of them were not lost to the teacher in conversation and intelligence.

Zixia thought, "What the hell is going on? If these people are already better than their teachers, why should they travel thousands of miles from various countries to follow their teachers? ”

One day, he couldn't help it, so he ran to the teacher and asked for an explanation. He knelt beside the teacher and eagerly asked questions.

Zixia asked Confucius: "Teacher! What do you think of Yan Hui's personality? ”

Confucius knew Zixia's thoughts, so he said, "Yan Hui's benevolence and righteousness are better than mine." ”

Zixia: "So, what do you think of Zigong's personality?" ”

Confucius said, "Zigong's eloquence is much better than mine!" ”

Zixia: "So, what about Zilu's personality?" ”

Confucius said: Zilu's bravery is far better than mine! ”

Zi Xia: So, what about Zi Zhang's personality? ”

Confucius said: Zizhang's solemnity is beyond my reach!

Zixia was originally kneeling, but then jumped up in surprise and said, "Teacher! That's what I've been figuring out. These students are better than you, so why should they study under your door? ”

Confucius laughed and said, "Come, you don't have to kneel, you don't have to stand, sit down, and let me tell you." Yan Hui has a strong sense of benevolence and righteousness, but he doesn't know how to be flexible; Zigong's eloquence is good, but he is not modest enough; Zilu is very brave, but he doesn't understand to retreat; Zizhang is dignified, but he can't get along with people.

These students have their own strengths and weaknesses, and I can see their strengths and weaknesses, discover their strengths, and improve their weaknesses. Although they are all stronger than me, they are not perfect, which is why they have been following me and are unwilling to leave me! ”

This is true not only between teachers and students, but also between parents and children, and between superiors and subordinates. There is no perfect student, no perfect children or subordinates. It is the responsibility of the teacher to stimulate the potential, so that the strengths and strengths can be brought into play, and the shortcomings can be improved and the shortcomings made up.

Confucius was a great educator in the Spring and Autumn Period of our country. Once, the student Zixia asked Confucius, "How is Yan Hui?"

Confucius said: "Yan Hui's credit is very good, and I am inferior to him." Zixia asked again

So, what about Zigong? Confucius said, "Zigong, you are very smart, I am not as good as him."

Zixia then asked, "What about Zilu?" Confucius said

Zilu's bravery is well-known far and near, and I am not as good as him. Zixia asked again: "What about Zizhang?"

Kong Cracker Bozi said: "Zizhang is strict and solemn, I am not as good as him." The more Zixia listened, the more confused she became, and she couldn't help asking

What the teacher said was so confusing, why would they learn from you when they all have their own strengths and are even better than you? Confucius told Zixia pleasantly: "Yan Hui is very trustworthy, but he doesn't know how to be flexible; Zigong is smart, but he is not humble enough; Zilu is very brave to roll the hall, but he still needs to learn from generosity and forbearance; Zizhang is cautious and serious, but it is not easy for others to get close to him.

Although these four students have their own strengths, they all have to keep learning! Zixia nodded yes, he understood that this was also the teacher's education for himself.