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[儒事]不止三两个年轻家长问我,让孩子读四书五经和《三字经》好不好?我回答他们,孩子多读些书没什么不好。家长的阅读引导对孩童影响很大,按照课程与自我选择,孩童不大会去读四书五经之类。让孩童了解儒教文化的常识,吸收其中适用于现代的价值观,是有益的;想让孩童成为有民族道统的人,读这些儒教著作未必能见效。功利性的社会存在决定实用性的社会意识,如果非要对孩童拔苗助长,则无需他们去啃四书五经和《三字经》,不如去学习时事知识和国家领导讲话。少儿时期,我的家长常拿孔子言论教育我:
[Confucianism] More than three or two young parents asked me if it was good for children to read the Four Classics and the Three Character Classic. I answered them that it would be good for children to read more books. Parents’ reading guidance has a great impact on children. According to the curriculum and self-selection, children may not read the Four Classics books. It is good for children to understand the commonsense of Confucian culture and to absorb the values that apply to them. To make them children of ethnic origin, reading these Confucian works may not be effective. Utilitarian social existence determines practical social consciousness. If it is necessary to de-emphasize children, it is not necessary for them to bite the Four Books and Five Sutra, so it is better to learn current affairs knowledge and state leaders’ speeches. Children, my parents often take Confucius remarks education me: