Why did the ancients attach so much importance to education?

This is related to the history of our country, related to the culture of our country, and related to our inheritance.

The story of Meng's mother's three migrations is a good example, if Meng's mother did not do this, then Mencius would probably be a market boy or a merchant who toiled for a few taels of silver.

In all dynasties, famous families also have high hopes for their children, one is to improve the family, or to keep the family undefeated, the second is to expand the sphere of influence of the family, and the third is to match or enter the threshold of other families, so that the door is right.

Parents of ordinary families, due to the environment, class, personal ability or cognitive ability, are not willing to live a difficult life, are not willing to work hard, are not willing to let their children go back to their old path, but also for their children to have a better future, they would rather be more bitter and tired, support their children to study and study, pin their hopes on their children, and hope that their children can get ahead and change their own or their family's destiny.

It is true that ancient people paid great attention to education, after all, more than 2000 years ago, there was a great thinker named Confucius in our country, and he earlier propagated that people have their own ** in the book, and there is ** house in the book.

The disadvantages are:

1. In ancient times, there was a lack of objective needs for pre-establishment social education.

2. In ancient times, there was a lack of concept and awareness of pre-school social education.

3. In ancient times, there was a lack of basic teacher conditions for pre-school social education.

4. In ancient times, there was a lack of scientific knowledge base for pre-school social education.

The advantages are:

1. It is relatively stable, and there is not much change in the content and method of education.

2. The boundaries between school education and preschool education are not clear.

3. Family education.

Parents are the perpetrators, especially mothers.

Family education: the main form of preschool education in ancient times.

The testable record of education in ancient China lies in the Yin Shang period. And in prehistoric primitive societies.

Due to the lack of specialized educational activities, there is no such thing as a modern one"Preschool education"。

Matrilineal clans of primitive societies.

Period exists more"Public education"Young children are cared for and educated by the elders of the clan commune. Its educational content mainly revolves around the labor experience and primitive survival skills of primitive society. With the patrilineal clan replacing the matrilineal clan, private ownership.

The emergence of a fixed spouse has gradually produced preschool children's education"Homeschooling"。

Ancient Chinese feudal society.

Under the hierarchical system and the gap between the rich and the poor, families of different classes have different family education for preschool children. Ancient China.

The characteristics of the smallholder economy determine the material dependence of family members on the material level.

In family pre-school education, young children from ordinary families will be cared for by their elders during the family trial, and will be familiar with basic life knowledge and social knowledge. On the other hand, young children from families with better social status are taught etiquette and knowledge in addition to basic life knowledge and social knowledge, and even have a special preschool education mechanism.

Articles follow preschoolers.

The degree of popularization of education divides the family education of preschool children in the ancients into three types: moral education, life skills education and awareness education.

The school is called "Xingtan", the clan opera garden is called "pear garden", and the hospital is called "apricot forest".

Xingtan [ xìng tán ], according to legend, is the place where Confucius gathered his disciples to teach and teach, which generally refers to the place where the apprentices gave lectures, and is now known as the education world.

Liyuan: It was originally another name for the opera troupe in ancient times. It is customary for the Chinese people to call opera troupes and troupes "Liyuan" brothers, opera actors "Liyuan children", families that have been engaged in opera art for several generations as "Liyuan families", and theater circles as "Liyuan circles", and so on.

Xinglin: Xinglin is synonymous with the field of traditional Chinese medicine.

There are three main types of educational thought in ancient China, which are:

1. Confucianism represented by Confucius: Confucius was the greatest educator and educational thinker in ancient China. The Confucian culture represented by him has had an extremely profound impact on the development of Chinese culture and education.

His educational ideas were concentrated in the Analects. Confucius started from the nature of human beings.

believes that people's innate nature is not much different, and personality differences are mainly formed after acquisition ("sex is similar, Xi is far away"), so he pays attention to acquired education and advocates "education without class". Confucius's doctrine takes "benevolence" as the core and the highest moral standard, advocating "do not see, do not listen, do not speak, and do not move", emphasizing loyalty, filial piety and benevolence.

Confucius's "no anger, no anger, no anger" expresses the principle of enlightening teaching. "Learning without thinking is reckless, thinking without learning is doomed" emphasizes the combination of learning and action, and requires learning to be put into practice.

2. Mohist thought represented by Mo Zhai: Mo Zhai to"And love"with"Non-offensive"In order to teach, we also pay attention to the mastery of literary and historical knowledge and the cultivation of logical thinking ability, as well as the transmission of the use of technology. As for the understanding of acquiring knowledge, the Mohists believe that there are three main ways to "know", "hear" and "speak".

The first two are not comprehensive and reliable, so it is necessary to pay attention to knowledge and rely on the method of reasoning to pursue rational knowledge.

3. Taoism: Taoism advocates returning to nature"Reversion"The natural nature of man, leaving everything to its own devices, is the best education.