Who does teaching learn from?

Teaching and learning were the first to learn from each other: The Book of Rites and the Book of Learning by Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty.

Idioms and their stories

Xia Zi was an outstanding student in the later period of Confucius. He was quick-witted, poor when he was young, studied hard and became an official. He used to be the father of Lu. Xia Zi is very clever. After the death of Confucius, Xia Zi came to the Xihe River in Wei State (now Hejin, Shanxi Province) to give lectures and taught 300 students. At that time, the celebrities Wuqi, Tianzifang, Li Kui, Duan Ganmu and Gong Yanggao were all his students. Even Wei Wenhou "consulted" Xia Zi and regarded him as a teacher.

When studying with Confucius, Xia Zi once asked Confucius what he meant by "Qiao Qian Xi, beautiful eyes looking forward to Xi, always thinking of gorgeous Xi". Confucius replied, "That is to say, you have a white background first, and then you draw." Xia Zi asked again, "So, did rites and music come into being after benevolence and righteousness?" Confucius was very happy and replied, "Shang Bo, you are really my role model.

Xia Zi, a wise man, learned from Confucius that "different people have different opinions", which in turn further inspired Confucius, so Confucius was very happy and thought that he could discuss the Book of Songs with Xia Zi.

Idiom implication

Like Confucius, erudition is not omniscient. In the process of educating students, he is sometimes inspired by students to further enrich his knowledge. This is what teaching and learning learn from each other, and the ancients knew it for a long time. This reflects a universal truth: everything in the objective world is interrelated and interdependent. While giving others knowledge, they will also improve themselves. It's like helping out and benefiting yourself.

Examples of idioms

1, Wang Ming Shouren's "Dogma shows that all students in the dragon farm have the responsibility to be good": "I also, because I can understand what it is; I am not, because I can get rid of it and I can learn from teaching. "

2. Han Han Ying's "Biography of Han Poetry, Volume 3": "From this point of view, teaching and learning are also beneficial."

3. Liang Qingqichao's "Know what you can't do" and "Do what you can't do": "If a teacher tells you in class every day, you can't reduce what you have, but you can learn from each other."