Traditional Story of Mencius' Mother's Three Moves Why did Mencius' mother move several times?

The Story of Mencius' Mother Moving Three Times: Mencius was a great thinker during the Warring States period. Mengzi lost his father when he was a child, and relied on his mother, Ni, to spin and weave cloth day and night to carry the heavy burden of life. She hoped that her son would be able to study and become a scholar as soon as possible.

Once, Meng's mother saw Meng Ke fighting with the neighbor's children, Meng felt that the environment was not good and moved away.

On another day, Meng saw a big furnace at the neighbor's blacksmith's house, and several blacksmiths covered with oil were working on the iron. Meng Ke was in the corner of the yard, using a brick as an anvil and a wooden stick as a hammer, imitating the movements of the master blacksmith, and having a great time! When Meng's mother thought about it, the environment here was still not good, so she moved home again.

This time she moved her home to the middle of nowhere. One day, Mencius saw a funeral procession in mourning clothes, crying and carrying the coffin to the graveyard, where a few stout young men dug out the grave with hoes and buried the coffin. He thought it was quite funny, so he imitated their action, also dug up the ground with a branch, and buried a twig as if it were a dead person. It was not until Meng's mother came looking for him that he was dragged back home.

Meng's mother moved for the third time. This time, her home was next door to a school, where a gray-bearded teacher taught a group of students of all sizes.

The teacher's voice was like a song as he led the students in a bobbing head, and the mischievous Meng Ke followed suit, bobbing his head and reading. The mother was so happy that she sent Meng Ke to school, thinking that her son liked to study.

But one day, Meng Ke skipped school. When Meng Ke came back from his playdate, his mother was heartbroken. When Meng Ke came back from playing, his mother called him to her side and said, "If you are greedy to play truant and not study, you will be like a cut cloth, which can't be woven; if you can't weave, you won't have clothes to wear; if you don't study well, you will never become a talented person." Said, copied up the scissors, "wow" sound, the loom will be woven on the cloth cut off.

Meng Ke froze in fear. This time, Meng Ke's heart was really shaken. He thought long and hard about it, and finally realized the truth, and from then on, he concentrated on reading. Because of his natural intelligence, he later specialized in studying with Confucius' grandson, Zi Si, and finally became a major representative of Confucianism.