The ancients said, "Beauty is not taught, but the importance of family education. Mother is the child's first teacher, and also the child's lifelong teacher. Her words and deeds are very important to the child's growth. In ancient China, people's ideal life mode was "self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world".

Among them, self-cultivation is an important content of family education, and family harmony is the ideal goal of family education. The words and deeds of important people have great influence on the country and society, and the way they educate their children has also become an important reference model for people's family education. Zhuge Liang, a famous historical figure, left a typical case of educating his children by educating them to be thrifty, self-cultivation and self-cultivation.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of West Shu, faithfully assisted two emperors, Liu Bei and Liu Chan, and devoted himself to his death. Zhuge Liang got a son in his later years, named Zhan, and hoped that his son would "aim high." Zhuge Liang loves this little son very much, but at the same time he is full of worries about his growth.

In his letter to his younger brother Zhu Gejin, he said: "Zhuge Zhan is eight years old and very smart and lovely, but I am worried that he will be too precocious and will not succeed in the end!" It can be seen that Zhuge Liang attaches great importance to the early education of his children. Although Zhuge Liang was in a high position, he was frugal all his life. He said to his late master Liu Chan in the above table: "I have 800 mulberry trees and 15 hectares of fertile land in Chengdu, and I have no savings, which are enough for my family.

I promise that after my death, there will be no surplus property left at home and outside, and I will live up to your great kindness to me. Zhuge Liang personally practiced the principle of "frugality and morality" and hoped that future generations would become promising people with ideals and thrift. He wrote in the "Commandment": "A gentleman's trip is quiet to cultivate one's morality, frugality to cultivate one's morality, no ambition without parking, and no distance without quietness."

Later, Zhuge Zhan rode as a captain, and Cui Nian was the commander-in-chief of Yulin. Later, he was promoted to shoot a captain, served as Zhongzuo, served as a servant of Shangshu, and served as a general strategist.