The earliest and most complete family education textbook in China feudal society.

The earliest and most complete family education textbook in China feudal society is Family Instructions of Yan Family.

Yan Family Instructions is the earliest and most complete family education book in China feudal society, and it is also the earliest and most complete family education teaching material. Spread widely and have far-reaching influence. Yan Jiaxun's content is comprehensive and systematic, covering family education issues such as prenatal education, educating children, being kind, moral sentiment, studying hard and practicing hard, and other broader education issues.

Yan Jiaxun * * consists of seven volumes and twenty articles. They are first in order, second in godson, third in brothers, fourth in marriage, fifth in running the family, sixth in moral exercise, seventh in wood constitution, eighth in reading, ninth in articles, tenth in name and substance, eleventh in doing things, twelfth in saving trouble, thirteenth in stopping, fourteenth in discipline, fifteenth in nourishing the heart, sixteenth in returning to the heart, seventeenth in documentary evidence, and eighteenth in pronunciation and miscellaneous words.

In Yan Zhitui's view, first of all, Buddhism is superior to Confucianism. Although Confucianism has profound knowledge and teaches people the way of self-cultivation, its essence has been included in Buddhism in terms of its extensive knowledge and the connotation of goodness, that is, the knowledge and teachings of Buddhism are "beyond the reach of the enlightened Yao and Shun Kong Zhou".

Secondly, the salvation feelings and merits of Buddhism far exceed the function of Confucianism in managing the world. Yan Zhitui believes that Confucianism advocates that "a gentleman should behave himself, be able to restrain himself, be courteous, and make the best use of the times", which is nothing more than "a housekeeper needs a family, and a ruler needs the goodness of a country".

Although Buddhism is self-cultivation, it can not only cultivate self-cultivation and get rid of its own sins, but also influence more people to do good deeds through "cultivation", help them get rid of suffering, enter the blessed land, and let their families and relatives get rid of past sins. Buddhism is conducive to governing the country and should be actively promoted, not denied because of some improper phenomena.

The literary value of Yan Jia Xun;

Yan's Family Instructions, based on the textual research of famous things, discusses the exegesis of words and discriminates the temperament. It is quite meaningful to "understand the past and the present, and be serious about illness", which embodies Yan's extensive knowledge and profound attainments. Since its publication, this book has been a model of family education in China's long feudal society, which has been widely circulated and enduring.

The main reason is that the contents of the book basically meet the needs of Confucian scholars in feudal society to educate their children and grandchildren, and put forward some practical educational methods and ideas, as well as a practical new concept of talent training that advocates "governing the country and managing the family well", inheriting and developing the traditional educational thought of "sincerity, sincerity, self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, managing the country and leveling the world" with the purpose of "understanding human relations"

Because of this, the rulers of the past dynasties admired Yan's family instructions, and even thought that "ancient and modern family instructions were ancestors", which was widely quoted by later generations and published repeatedly. Although it lasted for more than 1000 years, it can be seen that Yan's family instructions have a great influence.