This sentence is the last paragraph in Chapter 9 of Sun Tzu's The Art of War: "If a pawn is punished without being personally attached, he will refuse to accept it, and it will be difficult to use it if he refuses to accept it. If the pawn has been attached and punished, it will not be available. Therefore, it is said that it is necessary to use the text and use the force together. Make the line to teach its people, then the people will serve; If you don't do what you want to teach your people, the people won't accept it. Let the vegetarian walkers get along with others. "
This passage can be interpreted in three points to enlighten our education.
1. "If a pawn is punished without being personally attached, he will not accept it, and it will be difficult to use it if he refuses to accept it. If the pawn has been attached and punished, it will not be available. " The enlightenment of this passage to our education is: our teachers and students should not only become one, but also cultivate close feelings; There should also be a certain distance, we should be able to praise the right ones in time, criticize the wrong ones properly, and even punish the wrong ones. Cultivate students' correct concept of right and wrong, and cultivate students' ability to be frustrated. At the same time, Sun Tzu also told us that there is also a sequence. We should cultivate our feelings first, and then make certain correct punishments after getting close to each other. The two cannot be changed in order, nor can they be neglected. We should dialectically handle the relationship between closeness and proper distance with students.
second, "therefore, it is necessary to make it written and use force together." It means: educate soldiers with morality to make them obey orders; Restrain the soldiers with law and discipline, make them act in unison, and then they will surely win. This sentence inspires our teachers to combine rigidity with softness in education, and to use both civil and military skills. It enlightens us that teachers should not only use love to influence students, but also use correct rigid rules (such as "Code for Middle School Students" and "Class Rules and School Discipline") to regulate students. Dialectically apply the two educational methods of affinity and punishment to cultivate students' noble morality and good behavior habits.
3. "If you make a plan to teach its people, the people will take it; If you don't do what you want to teach your people, the people won't accept it. Let the vegetarian walkers get along with others. " It means: if you can conscientiously carry out orders and educate the foot soldiers, the foot soldiers will form the habit of obedience; Usually, if you don't conscientiously carry out orders and educate foot soldiers, they will form the habit of disobedience. The educational enlightenment of this sentence is that once the class rules and regulations are formulated, they should be strictly implemented at ordinary times, and they should not be implemented because of anything or any individual, so that it is fair and just to everyone. Teachers should keep faith with their students, keep their word, be fair and just, which should be naturally cultivated in their usual words and deeds. Only when students and teachers trust each other can students truly believe in their teachers.
Sun Tzu's The Art of War is profound in truth and full of words, and some famous sentences are worthy of our educators' careful study, flexible reference and dialectical application to serve our education and teaching.