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Teachers' morality is one of the traditional Chinese virtues. Why is it drifting away in today's society?

Inheriting virtue in China refers to the excellent moral heritage with universality, extensiveness and inheritability handed down from history. There is no doubt that teachers' morality is indeed a traditional Chinese virtue. Even Confucius Dou Yun: Never tire of learning; Be tireless in teaching others; It's none of my business It means that teachers should keep learning, be patient and not get tired of teaching students. It can be seen that teachers' morality is indeed extremely important.

Ancient teachers are different from modern teachers.

In fact, this may be related to the development and changes of the times. The gold content of ancient teachers is much worse than that of current teachers. Presumably, everyone knows the old saying that "a teacher for a day, a father for life". This shows that when ancient students learn from their teachers, they should respect each other like their fathers. Accordingly, teachers will treat their disciples as descendants. The so-called "passing on the family" means that a teacher's knowledge, knowledge, skills and even property will be passed on to his disciples, just like his own son. In this respect, teachers' morality itself is a part of inheritance, which is essentially different from what people now call teachers' morality.

Why is the teacher's morality drifting away in today's society?

The former teacher was more of a scholar-type elder and more of a respectable elder. Now teachers are a normal occupation to earn money to support their families. Although the present teachers are still highly respected, their ideas are much worse than before. Students don't need to regard the teacher as the most respected person, and they don't need to feel that "the teacher is the father for life". Teachers naturally don't teach students wholeheartedly, and there is no need to treat students as their own sons. It is enough for a teacher to make sure that he teaches his students what he should teach. In addition, this is an era in which interests are paramount, so teachers' morality seems to be drifting away.

Of course, the current teachers' morality may not be as "old-fashioned" as before, as long as it is self-centered. This may require teachers to learn and reflect on themselves frequently.