Youyou: Teacher, my son is now a great admirer of you, he is nine years old this year, and he reads the Analects every day.
Sir: That's great, only nine years old. If he learns to Xi until he is in his teens and twenties, has his own independent thinking system, has his own correct values, and has his own views on things, this is a very rare thing, and this is also something that children lack in the current social situation.
Not only children, but also adults. Confucius said: "Thirty and stand. "Many of us can't stand up at all, because we don't have our own values, we don't have our own understanding of things, we don't have our own clear views on some things, and we will always be like others, which is terrible. So it's really good that a child can be exposed to the thinking of the Analects from an early age, which will be of great help to him throughout his life.
Why are the ancients usually grandfathers with children, in the past, everyone's grandfathers were cultured people. From an early age, children will be taught some things, such as the Four Books and Five Classics, or how to write poems, how to paint, including the principles of life, which is very important. If we are now grandparents or parents, after learning traditional culture for a few years, we find that the children we bring out are different. No matter from his words and deeds, from his values, from his views on some things, the temperament presented by this child is completely different.
Why did excellent men marry wives in ancient times?Marrying a clan and a family is because of the nobility cultivated since childhood, the understanding of life and the requirements for oneself are completely different. So this is something we can bring to our children after learning Xi.
The values that a person has formed since childhood basically affect his whole life. For example, the scolding of parents, such as insecurity, such as low self-esteem, will it affect our lives?The ancient poems we memorized when we were young, the good things that someone taught us when we were young, the special love of a certain teacher, or the love of our grandparents, we will also carry it with us for a lifetime.
Therefore, our own academic Xi is really important, whether it is a parent or a grandparent, grandparents are the same. If we can make ourselves a person who understands culture, who is knowledgeable, who has his own opinions on some things, and who is emotionally peaceful. The influence and influence of children from an early age will make him different from others when he grows up.
This is the meaning of our learning, not only to change ourselves, but also to make the whole family better after Xi.