A Study on the Writing of Mother Education in Chaoshan Local Records of the Ming and Qing Dynasties---Centered around"Biographies of Women"
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties,Chaoshan local chronicles attached great importance to mother education,which are mainly manifested in three aspects:fully highlighting the role of mother education,The women who received commendation are mostly being a good mother and teaching child well,and the success of teaching children was an important standard for the selection of the Chaoshan local chronicles"Biographies of Women".The main content of Chaoshan mother's education included urging children to learn Confucian classics,educating children to behave morally and teaching children to inherit their father's ambition.The educational ideal was divided into two levels.On the personal level,they hoped to cultivate children withboth ability and political integrity;on the family level,the child was trained as a qualified heir,in order to glorify the family.Chaoshan mothers cultivate their children's tenacity through words and deeds,influence their children's moral quality with compassion,and cultivate their children's comprehensive quality with strict and compassionate methods.