Combined with the Analects of Confucius, Confucius’s views on teacher ethics are explained as follows:

1. Be persistent and strengthen your cultivation.

Confucius emphasized the important role of determination in moral cultivation. He said, "Three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the ambition." ("The Analects of Confucius"). Therefore, teachers not only need to educate students themselves but also to establish lofty aspirations and life ideals as the direction of personal efforts.

Confucius recounted his learning and cultivation process in "The Analects of Confucius for Politics": "When I was fifteen, I was determined to learn; when I was thirty, I stood up; when I was forty, I was not confused; when I was fifty, I knew the destiny; when I was six, I When you are ten, your ears are attuned; when you are seventy, you can follow your heart's desires without going beyond the rules. "This is a process of gradually improving one's ideological realm as one grows older.

Confucius’s moral cultivation process brings us enlightenment: human moral cultivation is not something that happens overnight. It cannot be completed all at once or in a sudden attack. It must go through a long period of study and exercise, and there must be a step-by-step process. process. The highest state of morality is the integration of thoughts, words and deeds, and consciously abide by moral norms rather than doing it reluctantly.

2. Self-reflection and self-restraint, and correct mistakes.

Morality lies in self-awareness, and Confucius particularly emphasized starting from oneself. He said, "Be generous to yourself and pay little attention to others", "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you" ("The Analects of Confucius"). We are required to be strict with ourselves, be lenient to others, and put ourselves in others' shoes. Confucius advocated that one should be good at self-examination when encountering problems, which is an important method of moral cultivation.

Confucius taught students to check their own behavior at any time in order to detect problems in time and avoid making further mistakes, which plays a role in self-supervision. His student Zeng Shen realized from the teacher's education: "I have to examine myself three times every day - have I been unfaithful in seeking others? Have I not believed in my friends? Have I not learned to pass them on?"

Confucius believed that moral principles and norms reflect the interests of the public and constrain individuals. Therefore, one needs to restrain oneself. Being good at self-control is a sign of moral cultivation. He said: "To restrain oneself and restore propriety is benevolence" ("The Analects of Confucius" by Yan Yuan). It is required to restrain one's undue desires and return one's words and deeds to the moral norms of "propriety", so as to limit the pursuit of self-interest and achieve the highest moral requirement of "benevolence".