Confucius opening ceremony quotes

The gentleman has nine thoughts: to see is to think clearly, to hear is to think intelligently, to look is to think warmly, to look is to think respectfully, to speak is to think faithfully, to act is to think respectfully, to doubt is to ask questions, to wrath is to think difficultly, and to see is to think rightly; to know is better than to be good at it, and to be good at it is better than to be happy at it, and so on.

The purpose and significance of the ceremony: through this solemn ceremony to let the students feel that enrollment in school is a major event in life, is the beginning of learning, is the starting point for success, so as to inspire children to cherish the opportunity to study, study hard, but also through this special way of promoting the fine traditional culture of our country.

The three Confucian rites of passage activities, namely, the opening of the pen ceremony, the ceremony of becoming a child and the rite of passage. The Rites of Passage is the traditional Chinese term for the form in which a child begins to learn to read and write, and serves as a commemorative rite of passage for a child entering the learning phase of his or her life.

The Ceremony of Opening the Brush is suitable for children aged 5-9 years old, and has nine chapters, namely, Chapter 1: Sacred Spring, Latticework Prayer, Chapter 2: Honoring the Sages and Worshiping the Ancestors, Chapter 3: Striking the Drum to Make the Will Clear, Chapter 4: Laws of the Sages and Wise Men and Dressing in the Right Manner, Chapter 5: Pointing Cinnabar and Enlightening the Children's Wisdom, Chapter 6: Opening the Brush for the Initiation of Learning, Chapter 7: Illuminating the Lights to Light up the Journey, Chapter 8: Honoring the Sages and Worshiping the Ancestors. Chapter 9 awarding certificates and concluding remarks.

Confucius was trained by Laozi, led some of his disciples to travel around the world for fourteen years, and in his later years revised the Six Classics, namely, Poetry, Calligraphy, Rituals, Music, Ease of Being, and Spring and Autumn Annals. It is rumored that he had three thousand disciples, seventy-two of whom were sages. After the death of Confucius, his disciples and their re-transmitted disciples recorded the words, deeds, quotations and thoughts of Confucius and his disciples, and organized and compiled them into the Confucian classic "The Analects".