"Heart Fire Examination" Must Be Memorized Before the Examination - Chinese and Foreign Educational History Figures Educational Thought - Meng Ke Xun Situation

Meng Ke's educational thought

(1) On the ideal personality: Education should cultivate "big husbands" who "cannot be adulterous, poor and lowly cannot be moved, and mighty cannot be bent". First of all, the "big husband" must have a noble integrity; secondly, the "big husband" must have a lofty spiritual realm, "the aura of grandeur," and the method of realizing the ideal personality of the "great husband": to cultivate the spirit of the will, to be patient with the heart, to cultivate the nature of the heart, and to seek oneself.

(2) On teaching: self-sufficiency in further study, progress through yingke, teaching and multi-skill, and concentration

Xun Quan's educational thought

(1) "Sexual Evil Theory" and educational role: Xunzi started from the theory of sexual evil and put forward the theory of educational role, that is, "sexual hypocrisy". "Sexual falsification" refers to the use of etiquette, righteousness, law, and so on to transform human nature and make them establish moral concepts. Education plays a "hypocritical" role in human growth, and anyone who is willing to work hard and after a long period of education can change their original "malignancy".

(2) Educational goals: Take Confucianism as the ideal goal.

(3) Educational content: Take the Confucian classics as the main content of learning.

(4) On the learning process and thinking methods: smelling: Xun Quan believes that "smelling" is the starting point, foundation and source of knowledge of learning; knowing: grasping the essence and law of things; acting: "doing" is the indispensable and highest stage of learning.

(5) On the status and role of teachers: Xun Quan summarizes the relationship between the rise and fall of the state and teachers as a law, emphasizing the obedience of students to teachers.