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There is a horse, not only the appearance of the body, but also galloping like flying, no rival, its owner is still strict with it, every morning and evening, to do a short jog on time, but also to do a long run of 20 kilometers, over time, the horse will get bored, it takes advantage of the owner's inattention, sneak out into the field, live a free life.

Later, the owner retrieved it, and it was no longer a good horse.

From the above fable, it is not difficult to see that the reason why this horse galloped like a fly in the past and had no rivals was inseparable from the strict requirements and strict training of its owner.

Later, the horse was stolen from its owner, and no one trained it strictly, so it became an ordinary horse, not a good horse.

From this, we can realize a truth: strict teachers produce high apprentices.

The so-called strict teacher produces high apprentices, that is, only the strict requirements of the teacher, the students will become successful and make great achievements, which is the crystallization of people's practice for thousands of years, and has also become an unbreakable truth.

If a teacher does not set strict demands on his students, but is lax and sloppy, and lets them do what they want, then the students will be casual, have neither perseverance nor ambition, can neither endure hardships nor endure hard work, and will be willing to learn and learn, and will slip away if they are not willing to learn.

If you do not have profound knowledge and moral cultivation, how can you talk about becoming a virtuous and great man! It is useless to mankind and society.

On the contrary, if the teacher is strict with the students and restricts them everywhere, then the students will not have the time to waste time, but will read poetry and books wholeheartedly and work hard.

In this way, they will eventually achieve something, make a difference, and become the pillars of the country.

Throughout the ages, there have been many positive and negative examples.

Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty, when he was studying, was strictly restrained by his teacher and constantly improved himself, and finally became a person of profound knowledge and noble character, became the prime minister and took charge of the country, and implemented the "one whip law" to govern the country in an orderly manner, and became a figure praised by later generations.

Didn't Confucius also be strict with his students? Therefore, 3,000 disciples cultivated 72 sages.

On the contrary, Fang Zhongyong was gifted and intelligent, and he was successful in poetry, but because he was not trained and taught by a strict teacher, his genius disappeared and became a layman.

Why is it that only Master Yan produces high disciples?

This is because people's thoughts and wills are different, and some people can take the initiative to work hard to realize their ideals and ambitions, and demand themselves with high standards everywhere, and will eventually become virtuous and great people, but such people are limited in different times and different societies.

However, some people do not have this spirit of self-improvement, and must work hard under the urging of external forces, and often the greater the pressure of external forces, the better the internal factors can be played.

In addition, people's intelligence is also different, not to mention that people are not born to know, which requires the training and teachings of strict teachers.

It can be seen how correct the saying "strict teachers produce high apprentices".

In today's real life, there are many people who do not understand the truth that strict teachers produce high apprentices, do not understand the requirements of strict teachers, and even abuse strict teachers.

In their opinion, it is not strict, it is loose, it is good to be casual, what ideals, what morals, what knowledge, it does not matter, they "spend time in the spring breeze and autumn moon", and they bury the good times in vain.

What is the difference between these people and the horses in the above parable? In the end, they are just ordinary people, and they are useless in society.

We advise those who do not want to have a strict teacher to completely change their attitude, and work hard to become the pillars of the country under the strict requirements and teachings of the teacher.

(June 1988)