Once a teacher, a lifelong father. Once a teacher, a lifelong father (yī rì wéi shī, zhōng shēn wéi fù)

Explanation: Even if you only teach yourself for one day Teachers should also be treated as fathers throughout their lives. It means respecting the teacher very much.

Source: When a disciple becomes a teacher, he respects his father, learns his ways, and learns his words. ...Loyal ministers have no friends from outside the country, but disciples have good cultivation in Cambodia. Once a teacher, always a father. - Quoted from "The Lost Book of Mingsha Shishi - Taigong's Tutor"

[Note] ① Shu Xiu: A bundle (ten pieces) of dried meat was later used as the name of a financial gift to the teacher, but this gift It's meager.

Translation: Students should serve their teachers with the same respect as they serve their father. They should learn the teacher’s cultural knowledge and moral conduct, as well as the teacher’s speaking style and skills... Loyal ministers should not have personal relationships abroad. Students should have the good intention to take the initiative to make corrections to the teacher. Even if I am your teacher for only one day, I must respect you as your father for the rest of your life.

Brief comment: Jiang Taigong (date of birth and death unknown), the founder of the Qi Kingdom in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Also known as Jiang Shang, Lu Shang, Lu Wang, with the courtesy name Ziya. At the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, he was called "Shi" (name of military attache). Also known as Master Shangfu. He assisted King Wen and King Wu in destroying the Shang Dynasty and was granted the title of Qi. Wisdom and courage. According to legend, there are "Six Taoists", "Tai Gong's Tutoring" and so on.

This article is an excerpt from "Tai Gong's Tutoring" by Jiang Taigong. "Tai Gong's Tutoring" is the oldest motto on family governance in my country. Because of its popular language, it is considered "vulgar and vulgar", so most public and private bibliophiles do not pay attention to its collection; history and chronicles are rarely recorded. It was not until the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1899) that a volume of manuscripts written by the Tang Dynasty was discovered in the "Dunhuang Grottoes", which was later included in the "Mingsha Shishi Anonymous Book" and photocopied and published. This book contains 580 sentences totaling 2,610 words from "Tai Gong's Tutoring". The book is mainly composed of four words, and runs through the ideas of "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, self-cultivation, and diligence" from beginning to end. This article emphasizes that "disciples serve as teachers and respect their father"; "once a teacher is a lifelong father", etc. These are all teachings about respecting teachers and attaching importance to the role of teachers, and are of great value for learning and reference.

Examples: (1) Chapter 31 of "Journey to the West" by Wu Cheng'en of the Ming Dynasty: "You monster, how could you know that once you are a teacher, you will always be a father? There is no hatred between father and son! You He hurt my master, why didn’t I come to save him?”

(2) “~” This shows that this junior brother’s affection is not something to be taken lightly. ★Chapter 35 of "A Biography of Marriage in the Awakening World" by Sheng of the Western Zhou Dynasty in the Qing Dynasty

Usage: as object, attributive, clause; used in written language

A teacher for one day, a teacher for life Father, it comes from "The Lost Book of Mingsha Shishi·Tai Gong Tutor" by Qing Dynasty poet Luo Zhenyu

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