柳宗元是我国唐代很有成就的作家之一,他不是职业教育家,但他严肃对待教师的个人修养,正确处理教和学的关系,提出过一些很有见地的论述,颇有启发意义。第一,作为一个教师,不能沽名钓誉,应该“求实”。他认为,教育者不能以人师自居,并引用孟子的话“人之患在好为人师”来批判那种“抗颜为人师”的傲慢态度。他说“言道、讲古、穷文辞以为师,则固吾属事。”(《答严厚舆秀才论为师道》)既然传授知识是教 Liu Zongyuan is one of the most accomplished writers in China’s Tang Dynasty. He is not a professional educator, but he takes teachers’ personal accomplishments seriously, handles the relationship between teaching and learning correctly, and puts forward some very insightful expositions, which is quite instructive. First, as a teacher, you should not be famous and you should “seek truth.” He believes that educators cannot use their own teachers and quote Mencius as saying that “people suffer from good teachers” to criticize the arrogant attitude of “fighting against others as a teacher.” He said, “If you say the word, say the ancient, and the poor words think that you are a teacher, then you will be a matter of filial piety.” (“A strict and honest scholar is a teacher”) Since imparting knowledge is teaching