My teacher, my friend

Author: Liang Qichao
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Reasons for Reading This Book: Confucius discussed teachers, stating, "In any group of three people, there must be a teacher for me among them," and regarded "knowing what you know and not knowing what you don't know" as the highest wisdom. Xunzi advocated, "Valuing teachers and masters," emphasizing that "serving Heaven above, serving the earth below, and respecting ancestors while honoring teachers" are the 'three foundations of propriety.' Xu Teli said, "Teaching is not only a glorious and important position but also a noble and joyful career." He hoped students would "be teachers for life and never desire anything else." Mencius discussed friendship, advocating, "A good person in a village becomes friends with a good person in that village, a good person in a country becomes friends with a good person in that country, and a good person in the world becomes friends with a good person in the world." Aristotle discussed friendship, considering friendships based on "pleasure" or "benefit" as 'false friendship,' and only recognizing friendship as 'true friendship' when it is without any conditions or selfish motives. Clark said, "Not everyone who speaks well is a friend." Zweig said, "The sudden friendship between cats and dogs is not for others, but only to work together against the cook."
Recommended for the following groups to read this book: Those who are teachers or students, friends or enemies, elders or the young, advocates or opponents of the teacher's dignity, those who value friendship over beauty or beauty over friendship, as well as researchers or enthusiasts of "teacher-friend culture" in the East and West, and teachers and students from universities, high schools, elementary schools, and kindergartens.