What is the story of Mencius' mother's three moves

Meng Zi, name Ke. During the Warring States period, he was a native of the state of Lu (in what is now Shandong Province). His father died when he was three years old and he was raised by his mother.

Mengzi was playful and imitative as a child. His family used to live near a cemetery, and he used to play games like building graves or learning others to cry and worship. His mother thought this was not good, so she moved the family near a marketplace, and Mencius again imitated others' games of doing business and killing pigs. Meng's mother thought this was not a good environment either, so she moved her home next to a schoolhouse. Mencius then followed the students to learn manners and knowledge. Meng's mother thought that this was what her child should learn, and was so happy that she did not move again. This is the famous story of "Meng's mother's three moves".

Men's mother paid even more attention to Mengzi's education. In addition to sending him to school, she also urged him to study. One day, Mencius skipped school and came home from his teacher, Zi Si. Mencius' mother was weaving cloth, and when she saw Mencius skipping school, she was so angry that she picked up a pair of scissors and cut the cloth on the loom. Seeing this, Mencius was terrified and knelt down to ask why. Mencius' mother rebuked him, saying, "Your study is like my weaving. The cloth must be woven thread by thread into an inch, and then into a foot, and then into a zhang or a pi, and only when it is finished will it be something useful. Learning must also come by accumulation of time, day and night, and diligently seeking. If you are lazy, don't study well, and give up halfway, you will become something useless like this section of cloth that has been cut."

Mengzi listened to his mother's teaching and was y ashamed. From then on, he concentrated on his studies, made great efforts, practiced the teachings of the sages, and finally became a great scholar, known as the "Sage of Asia" by later generations.