The poems and famous sayings that describe teachers are as follows:

1. The spring silkworms will not run out until they die, and the wax torch will turn to ashes before the tears dry up. ——Li Shangyin

This poem expresses the teacher’s selfless dedication and professionalism to the students. Silkworms in spring will weave until they die and will not stop until they run out of silk. A candle, on the other hand, will stop glowing after it has burned out. This shows that teachers will pay silently until the end of their lives, just like silkworms and candles in spring. This kind of dedication and professionalism is worth learning from.

2. It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. ——Han Yu

This sentence means that it takes time and patience to cultivate a person. It takes ten years for a tree to grow and even more time to cultivate a person. This expresses Han Yu's emphasis on education and concern for students' growth. He emphasized that education requires long-term investment and patience and cannot be achieved overnight.

3. The peach and plum trees do not speak, but they create their own mistakes. ——Liu Xiang

This sentence means that a good teacher will affect a student's life. Peach trees and plum trees don't need to talk. As long as they bloom and bear fruit, they will attract people to come and admire and pick. Similarly, a good teacher does not need to promote himself. As long as their teaching achievements are recognized and appreciated by students, people will come to learn from them.

4. The secret of education is to respect students, which is more effective than any teaching method. ——Tao Xingzhi

Tao Xingzhi is a famous Chinese educator. He emphasized the importance of respecting students. He believes that the biggest secret of education is respect for students. This kind of respect can allow students to express their thoughts and feelings more freely and stimulate their creativity and innovative spirit. At the same time, this kind of respect can also make students more confident and self-esteem, and more willing to accept education and self-development.

5. It is not important for teachers to teach what they have learned, but to teach them why they have learned it. ——Wang Yangming

Wang Yangming is a famous thinker and educator in China. He believes that the key to education is to impart learning methods rather than pure knowledge. This sentence means that teachers should not only teach students what they learn, but should teach students how to learn and impart learning methods and techniques so that students can think and solve problems independently.

6. The teacher’s words are the beacon of thinking. ——Makarenko

Makarenko is a famous Soviet educator and writer. He believes that teachers’ words have a great influence on students’ thinking. This sentence means that teachers’ words are not only a tool to impart knowledge, but also a beacon to guide students’ thinking. Teachers should use clear, concise, and accurate words to guide students' thinking and help them establish a correct way of thinking and outlook on life.