1. Family Instructions of Zhu Zi

, also known as Zhu Zi's Family Management Motto and Zhu Bailu's Family Management Motto, is an enlightening textbook focusing on family morality. "Family Instructions of Zhu Zi" is only 525 words, which brilliantly expounds the way of self-cultivation and family management, and is a masterpiece of family education. Among them, many contents have inherited the excellent characteristics of China traditional culture, such as respecting teachers, managing the family diligently, living in harmony with neighbors, and so on, which are still of practical significance today.

Family Management Motto (also known as Zhu Xi's Family Instructions, Zhu Xi's Family Management Motto and Zhu Bailu's Family Management Motto), with a full text of 524 words, is easy to understand, concise and well-prepared, neat and catchy, and has spread like wildfire since its publication, becoming a household name in the Qing Dynasty.

Some of these aphorisms, such as "One porridge and one meal, are hard to come by when thinking; Half a silk and half a wisp, persistent thinking about material difficulties, and "it is advisable to plan ahead for a rainy day, and dig a well without being thirsty" are still of educational significance today.

Zhuzi's Family Instructions, with the aim of "self-cultivation" and "keeping one's family in order", is a collection of Confucian ways of life, with deep roots and profound meanings. The whole of Zhu Zi's Family Instructions is intended to persuade people to be thrifty and keep their house in order. Talking about China's moral education thought formed for thousands of years can be expressed in the form of famous sayings and aphorisms, which can be taught orally.

It can also be written as couplets and hung in gates, halls and bedrooms as the motto of managing families and educating children. Therefore, it is very popular among bureaucrats, gentry and scholarly families, and has been widely spread since it came out. It has been regarded as "the classics of managing the family" by literati in previous dynasties, and it was once a must-read for children from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China.

2. Family Instructions of Yan

is the first family instruction with rich content and grand system in the history of the Chinese nation, and it is also an academic work. The author Yan Zhitui was a famous writer and educator in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

The book was written after Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty destroyed the State of Chen and before Emperor Yangdi ascended the throne (about the end of 6th century AD). It is Yan Zhitui's book about personal experience, thoughts and knowledge to warn future generations. * * * There are seven volumes and twenty articles.

They are the first in order, the second in godson, the third in brothers, the fourth in marriage, the fifth in running the family, the sixth in moral conduct, the seventh in mu Xian, the eighth in studying, the ninth in articles, the tenth in name and reality, the eleventh in affairs, the twelfth in saving trouble, the thirteenth in stopping the foot, the fourteenth in admonition, the fifteenth in nourishing the heart, the sixteenth in returning to the heart, the seventeenth in documentary evidence, and the words.

As a model textbook of traditional society, Family Instructions of Yan Family directly initiated the family instruction of later generations, and it is a precious heritage in the theoretical treasure house of ancient family education in China. Yan Zhitui didn't have the merit of Hector and didn't rank as an official, but he enjoyed a long-standing reputation because of a Family Instruction of Yan, which shows that his family instruction has far-reaching influence.

Yan's Family Instructions, praised by Chen Zhensun as "the ancestor of family instructions in ancient and modern times", is an important ancient book in the cultural history of China, which is not only manifested in the style of the book "quality and clarity, detail and importance, flatness but not sophistry", but also in the content of "talking about calligraphy and painting, correcting allusions and appreciating literature and art".

Therefore, scholars in all previous dynasties highly praised this book, and regarded it as a model for educating future generations and family education. Throughout history, the descendants of Yan's family have made remarkable achievements in ethics and scholarship. In the Tang Dynasty alone, Yan Shigu, who annotated Hanshu, Yan Zhenqing, whose calligraphy has been a model for the world for thousands of years, and Yan Gaoqing, who was shocked by the great festival and died in the country, < P > all impressed Yan's family deeply, which further proved the effectiveness of the family precepts set by his ancestors. Even in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Yan clan members continued to be employed as officials, especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

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is a famous ancient book of good advice, written by Yuan Huang, a famous official and thinker in Ming Dynasty. "Four Disciplines of Leaving Fan", also known as "Self-determination", is an educational book of moral determination and self-cultivation. The book was written in 162 AD. The full text is divided into four parts to explain how to change fate, including the study of destiny, the method of reform, the method of accumulating goodness and the effect of modesty.

The author was Yuan Huang in Ming Dynasty, whose name was Kun Yi, and later changed his name to Fan. He told the process of changing his destiny with his personal experience. Originally to teach his son, it was named Xunziwen; Later, in order to enlighten the world, it was renamed.

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Zhuge Liang's "Commandments for Children"

Original text: A gentleman's trip is quiet to cultivate one's morality and frugality to cultivate morality. Not indifferent, not clear-minded, not quiet, not far away. If you study quietly, you must learn. If you don't study, you can't learn widely. If you don't have ambition, you can't succeed. You can't be energetic if you are slow, and you can't cure sex if you are dangerous. Years go with the times, meaning goes with the days, and then they become withered, and they don't meet the world, and they are sad to stay in the poor house. What will happen?

A gentleman's character is to improve his self-cultivation quietly and cultivate his moral character thrifty. You can't show your ambition without indifference, and you can't achieve lofty goals without tranquility and stability. Learning must calm down, and talents must learn to grow. If you don't study, you can't have extensive talents, and if you don't have ambition, you can't achieve your studies.

Neglect can't cheer you up, and taking risks and making noise can't govern your character. As time goes by, the will wears away, so the branches and leaves fall, and most of them can't make a difference to society. How can you regret it when you are sadly guarding the poor hut?

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