During the Warring States Period, there was a great scholar Mencius. Mencius was very naughty when he was a child. His mother spent a lot of effort to get him a good education! Once, they lived next to the cemetery. Mencius and his neighbor's children learned to bow down and cry like adults and played a funeral game. Mencius' mother looked at it and frowned: "No! I can't let my children live here!

Mencius' mother took Mencius to live next to the market. When he arrived at the market, Mencius and his neighbor's children began to learn how businessmen do business. Bow to welcome guests, entertain guests, bargain with guests for a while, and behave well! Mencius' mother knew this and frowned: "This place is not suitable for my children to live in either! So they moved again.

This time, they moved near the school. Mencius began to be orderly and polite, and liked reading. At this time, Mencius' mother nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is where my son should live! Later, people used "Meng Mu's Three Movements" to explain that if people want to learn good habits, they should be close to good people, things and things!

Original text:

Zou's mother, no. Its house is near the grave. There are very few Mencius, and wandering is a matter between tombs, so he took the initiative to bury them. Meng Mu said, "This is not where I live." Just go. Leaving the city, its banter is something that Jia people dazzle and sell. Another day, Meng Mu said, "This is not my place, but my son's." Back to Gong Xue. Its frolicking is to set up a cowpea and let it advance and retreat. Meng Mu Day: "You can really live in a house." Then live. Meng Zichang, who studied six arts, died in the name of a great scholar. This gentleman says that Meng Mu is good at gradual change.

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Mencius' mother was called Meng Mu. Mencius lived near the cemetery when he was a child. Mencius learned some things like worship and played games to deal with funerals. His mother said, "This place is not suitable for children to live in." So he moved his family to the market, and Mencius learned some knowledge about business and slaughter. The mother thought again, "This place is still not suitable for children to live in." Moved to my home in the east. Mencius learned the etiquette of bowing forward and backward in the imperial court. Meng Mu said, "This is where children live." Settle here. Mencius learned six arts when he grew up and gained the reputation of a great scholar. This gentleman thinks that all this is the result of Meng Mu's gradual enlightenment.

Notes on Meng Mu's Three Actions: Move, Move.

Interpretation: Meng Mu Horry's Third Home. It refers to choosing a good educational environment for educating future generations.

A wise mother will always remember this proverb: If you go near Zhu Zhechi, you will be black.

During the Warring States Period, there was a great mother who trained Mencius, a great scholar in China.

Mencius was very naughty when he was a child. His mother made great efforts to get him a good education. There is a cemetery near their home, and people often bow down and cry, so Mencius and his neighbors' children often play funeral games. Mencius' mother thought, "I can't let my children go on like this!" " "So I moved with my son. They settled near the market. All kinds of people in the market are waiting for you to come and go. Mencius and his neighbors and children learn how businessmen do business. They bow to welcome guests and bargain at the same time, which is very vivid. Meng Mu looked in his eyes and was anxious that "this place is not suitable for my children to grow up!" "Then they moved again.

This time, they moved near the school. The school atmosphere gradually infected Mencius, who began to keep order, be polite and like reading. Mencius' mother looked at her son and said with satisfaction, "This is exactly where my son should live!" " "