During the Warring States Period, Mencius' mother moved three times in order to give Mencius a good learning environment. Once Mencius played truant, Meng Mu cut off the cloth on the loom to teach his son.
The story that Meng Mu broke the machine is widely circulated. In St. Amethyst, there is a record of "Meng Mu in the past, choosing neighbors not to learn, breaking the machine", which is as famous as "Meng Mu's three moves". It can be seen that Meng Mu's educational art is superb and is one of China's famous inspirational stories for children. This allusion gives us a deep enlightenment.
First of all, Meng Mu told us to be decisive. Once we think it is wrong, we should make a quick decision to correct it. At the same time, only by studying hard and persevering can we succeed.
It can be said that how to educate children well has always been the most important and intractable problem in family education. Parents want their children to succeed. However, good subjective wishes may not achieve good educational results. Among them, there is a problem of educational methods. The reason why the story of Meng Mu's machine failure has spread to this day and is praised by people lies in Meng Mu's persuasion.
Resources Meng Mu Offline _ Baidu Encyclopedia