Approach to the Family Education of Yan Zhi-tui

Cultivating one's moral character, managing home and country, unifying Chinawere the life track for the people with lofty ideals designed by confucianists. Those who wants to manage home, must cultivate his moral character first.Good family education is the first lesson of cultivating one's moral character. This is the historical reason of paying more attention to family education in our country all the time. As one of confucian educationalist, Yan Zhi-tui had his own opinion about the meaning, role, principle and method of good family education. This article is trying to explore Yan Zhi-tui's family education thought so as to privide some reference and in spiration for our family education today.