On Zhu Xi's Poetry and Etiquette Education and Cultivation of Primary Learning
Poetry and etiquette education is an important topic in Confucian cultivation theory,which Zhu Xi placed in the cultivation of primary learning system and established its important role in the early stage of education.The basis for subjecting the poetry and etiquette education to the system of primary learning is twofold.Firstly,human nature during the primary learning stage is uncertain.Sec-ondly,Zhu Xi pointed out that primary learning education aims to inspire respect and kindness,while poetry education has the function of promoting kind-hearted emotions and etiquette education internal-izes into self-consciousness in norms,which is suitable for the educational needs of primary learning,and the latter is also the key to the realization of poetry and etiquette education as cultivation of prima-ry learning.Zhu Xi was concerned that the goal of cultivating moral character in primary learning edu-cation can be achieved through poetry education to inspire emotions and etiquette education to stan-dardize practice.This idea can provide reference for exploring the cultural connotations of contempo-rary poetry and etiquette,and has contemporary value.
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