Teaching Children
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in traditional family instructions and ancient family education thought
- Parents hoping to reflect on their educational approaches through classical family education stories
- Teachers needing short classical Chinese story materials for teaching or reading promotion
- General readers who prefer learning principles through examples rather than purely theoretical works
Not a good fit for
- Parents seeking systematic modern child psychology or parenting methodologies
- Readers expecting a rigorous theoretical framework or empirical research support
- Readers sensitive to the hierarchical concepts and demands for obedience in ancient family instructions
Reading tips
- Read the story first, then the reasoning, and summarize the educational conflict in each example in your own words.
- While reading, mark concepts with obvious ancient-modern differences, such as elder authority and disciplinary methods, then write down your reasons for accepting or rejecting them.
- Parents can choose one story each week to discuss with their children whether the behavior described is reasonable, practicing equal dialogue.
- Read alongside other chapters of Yanshi Jiaxun to understand the place of "teaching children" within the family instructions as a whole.
About the publisher
Bashu Publishing House is a publisher centered on collating and publishing classical Chinese cultural texts, with its main publishing areas covering classical literature, Eastern philosophy, ancient poetry, and educational classics. Its library currently holds 1,075 titles, including representative works such as Dream of the Red Chamber, the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Gathering, Renjian Cihua, and Out to the Frontier, involving authors such as Cao Xueqin, Wang Xizhi, Wang Guowei, Wang Changling, Liu Xie, and Yan Yu. These reflect the publisher's focus on literary classics, poetry criticism, and philosophical readings. Its publishing character lies in working around ancient texts and canonical works, with attention to textual collation and presentation. Public information on its more detailed publishing background and series plans is limited; this introduction is based only on the library's book information.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 正文一
- 正文二
- 正文三
- 正文四
- 正文五
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About the author
Yan Zhitui (531–591), courtesy name Jie, was a native of Linyi in Langya who was born in Jiankang and became a renowned man of letters and educator during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. He served five dynasties in turn—Liang, Western Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou and Sui—and witnessed the fall of three of them, a life of hardship that gave him broad experience. In his later years he wrote the seven-volume, twenty-chapter Admonitions for the Yan Clan, the first dedicated work of family instruction in China. Addressing such themes as teaching children, encouraging learning, admiring worthies and phonology, it sets out in plain and earnest prose how to conduct oneself and manage a household, while also recording northern and southern customs and scholarly strengths and weaknesses; its influence on later family-instruction literature was profound. His other works include The Record of Wronged Souls and The Fu on Observing My Life. Spanning biography, philosophy and folk literature, his writings are important sources for understanding the thought and family culture of medieval scholars.
