Essay on famous sayings of Confucius or Mencius

(1) Learning and thinking.

More than 2,000 years ago, the educator Confucius once said: "If you learn without thinking, you will be reckless", which means that if a person only knows rote memorization in learning, and does not think about and digest it, then he will gain nothing. Confucius's words are very reasonable.

The process of a person from receiving knowledge to applying knowledge is actually a process of remembering and knowing, learning and thinking. Learning is the foundation of thinking, and thinking is the supplement to learning, and these two are closely linked and indispensable. Just like the human body's digestion process of food, only learning without thinking is not chewing, swallowing dates; If you can't compare one example, it is undigested and absorbed, and the knowledge you have learned cannot be turned into "your own".

Only by learning and thinking can we integrate what we have learned and draw inferences from one another.

The combination of learning and thinking is the only way to master knowledge, and the examples of successful people in ancient and modern times at home and abroad all prove this point. When Marxism-Leninism spread to the land of China, the communists led by Marxism-Leninism, while absorbing the essence of Marxism-Leninism, combined with the actual situation in China, took the road of "the countryside encircling the city", and finally created the socialist New China. Think about it, if the revolutionary forefathers had not studied and thought and thought before putting it into practice, but had blindly adopted rigid routines and dogmatism, how could the Chinese revolution have succeeded?

If Galileo, the great scientist of the Renaissance, had not thought independently in his studies, the experiment of "two iron balls hitting the ground at the same time" could have been produced at that time? Will humanity be able to break free from the shackles of Aristotle's false theories as soon as possible? Learning and thinking, thinking and learning, it is the successful experience of these great men, and it is also the source of power for human progress.

Today is the era of "knowledge surge", the field of knowledge in less than a century, I don't know how many times "I have an end to life, and there is no end to knowledge", in the face of such a vast ocean of knowledge, it is impossible to reach the other side of the light by rote memorization. Therefore, the American education community is working hard to reform the original teaching system, and strive to cultivate students' thinking and creative ability to adapt to tomorrow's science; Europe and Japan have followed suit, and the reform of China's education system has become imminent and imperative. Tomorrow's creative talents should be cultivated from today's students.

Therefore, we should do more: think in learning, put forward independent opinions in thinking, cultivate our own thinking ability, and wait for tomorrow's choice.

Independent thinking in learning is the successful experience of scholars and masters, and the source of power for human progress, and cultivating students' ability is the hope for today's China to rise tomorrow.

Two thousand five hundred years ago, the north wind from the Mount Tai Mountains blew the corners of the clothes of an old man who relied on meditation, but in the wind, the prince of the Lu country was still meticulous, this solemnity was reflected together with the adjacent Mount Tai in the windy sunset, how many stars moved to welcome the rising sun. He is Confucius, a famous thinker and educator.

The birth of every great man is accompanied by the tempering and baptism before the heavens descend on the great office. Confucius's life was undoubtedly an ascetic practice in the world. Born into a former aristocratic family, he had to face the reality of his family's decline, and he created a benevolent mindset, but he had to deal with the deceitful world.

The poverty and illness of his youth have not extinguished his lofty ambitions, the setbacks of middle age have not shaken his fighting spirit, and the loss of his later years has not stopped the sublimation of his thoughts! He set up education in his thirties, opened private schools, so that the poor people could enter the palace of knowledge, his teaching idea of "education without class" is that the knowledge of the Chinese nation has broken through the gap between birth and class, and his concept of "teaching according to aptitude" is that knowledge has been plugged into the wings of take-off, so that knowledge can enter the people and face the public. It was he who made the Chinese nation a nation of "all people have knowledge", and his feat more than 2,500 years ago was that the knowledge level of our nation far surpassed that of any nation whose knowledge direction was determined by birth at that time, and accumulated strong intellectual strength for the Chinese nation to take off in various prosperous times a few years later.

This kind old man not only told his students and the thousands of Chinese sons and daughters behind him the purpose of learning knowledge, but also gave the world the method of learning. He taught the world to use "righteousness" and "propriety" to expound the idea of "benevolence", and to spread the concept of "benevolence" with "wisdom" and "faith". In terms of learning methods, it is necessary to "review the old and learn the new", to "draw inferences from one example", and reflect the immortal wisdom of great men in the subtleties!

Confucius, the old man of the Lu country, the great sage who worked hard for the implementation of education, for the spread of righteousness, and for the implementation of the statecraft, his thoughts are still shining with dazzling light in the 21st century, and at the same time have been given new meanings by the times. In today's world, "clashes of civilizations" can be seen everywhere, local wars are filled with gunsmoke, and chaotic turmoil has devastated lives. The problems brought about by the social transformation in our country also need to be solved urgently.

What is most needed in this day and age? "Harmony" is needed! And Confucius's ideal is not the equality of the rich and the poor.

Is there a harmonious society that attaches importance to people's livelihood and abides by one's duty? Confucius said, "Do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequality, do not suffer from poverty but suffer from anxiety." "How consistent is this with the narrowing of the gap between the rich and the poor pursued by our country at this stage and taking the socialist road of common prosperity!

More than 2,500 years have passed in the flick of a finger, but Confucius's thoughts have forever stood in the East and have gone to the world!

This is the Confucius in my mind, a great man who made great contributions to the education of the Chinese nation.

See the virtuous and think together, see the unvirtuous and introspect.

Confucius said: "When you see a sage, you want to be on a par with them, and when you see someone who is not a sage, you should reflect on yourself in your heart." This sentence seems simple, no matter how you look at it, it is just one sentence, however, if you think about it deeply, who of us today can do what Confucius said?

I think it's probably very few! However, the spirit of "seeing the virtuous and thinking together, and seeing the unvirtuous and introspecting inwardly" is something that each of us should have.

Cheerful people will inevitably have more friends and good popularity than introverts, imagine if an introvert envies those extroverts and cheerful people, if he only thinks there one day: "Hey, how good it would be if I were him, then I wouldn't be lonely anymore, no matter how lonely I was, if I were his ......."If he doesn't find a way to make himself cheerful and popular, then all his "ifs" will always be "ifs" and will not be realized, and he will never become popular; If a person with bad grades dreams that his grades will become better, he will be appreciated by teachers and praised by his classmates, but if he does not work hard to improve himself for a day, his grades are outstanding, and he will only dream about it, then his dream will never become a reality, he is the person with bad grades after all, and he is appreciated by the teacher, and the praise of his classmates is just a dream after all, just a phant; If a poor man wants to have the power of a rich man but only sits there begging God, and does not think about how to make himself rich and let himself have the power of a rich man, he can only sit on the ground and beg the rich man for money. If people don't have the spirit of "seeing the good and thinking together", then the poor will still be poor, the low-achieving people will still be the low-achieving people, and the introverts will still be introverts, and nothing will change.

Some people will only point fingers at some people with poor moral character, but have you ever thought that you also have such a nasty character, and others also hate you, so we should have the spirit of "seeing the unvirtuous and introspecting ourselves".

We should be able to see the virtuous and think together, and see the unvirtuous and introspect!

Live to be old, learn to be old, and you can't learn in your life.

Wisdom depends on hard work, and knowledge is accumulated on weekdays.

People who study hard always get their wishes true.

Inspiration never visits the lazy.

Learning is always skillful; Pretend to be clever and make people laugh.

It's usually not easy to learn, and it's too late to regret it.

On filial piety, as early as thousands of years ago, the famous educator Confucius in China said: "Today's filial piety is said to be able to raise." As for dogs and horses, they can all be raised.

Disrespectful, why not? "Educate us to support our elderly parents respectfully, not just eat and drink and everything will be fine, but also to understand the hearts of our parents.

"Therefore, the heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they are motivated to endure and benefit what they cannot. This passage from Mencius has benefited me a lot......

Inscription. It is said that "the children of poor families are in charge of the house early", but I have never understood it. It was only after reading the story of "Born in Sorrow, Died in Peace" that I understood why. The reason why the children of poor families are in charge of the family early is because they are poor.

Poverty may seem sad, but in fact, it is this sad adversity that makes people learn to survive in the middle.

This passage tells us that the harsh environment can stimulate people's potential and make them better survive and develop. At that time, I also deeply realized this truth.

Once, there was an article in the interest class about the types of ancient texts we came into contact with for the first time. Although I haven't studied this article, I have been exposed to this type of ancient text, and I thought to myself: I have already learned it, and people have to read it 10 times, but I only need to read it 3 times.

So, I did what I had in mind. A few days later, I went to an interest class again, and the teacher asked us to write the ancient text silently. What can I do?

I've only read it a few times, how can I write it silently! At this time, I thought to myself: I guess there are not many people who can write silently!

So, I scanned the class secretly, and everyone except me was struggling to write. It makes me anxious. In the end, my homework book became full of Jianghong.

After this experience, I no longer dare to neglect my studies, and I am no longer arrogant. Later, I studied steadily, one step at a time, and it was no longer like a step to the sky. It is because of this perception that I will study so steadfastly, and I will achieve today's harvest and fruitful results.

This incident taught me that adversity can make me grow!