Liu Hongyi Liu Hongyi's interpretation of Xinglin Tonghui Academy:
First, who should the academy train?
Gentlemen have a lot to say about the organizational form, historical development, the role and significance of spreading academic ideas and popularizing etiquette and music education. Next, I will talk about several issues to be considered in running an academy today.
The first is the problem of people. Academies, Taoist schools and Zen temples have always been places where Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism produce talents. The Confucian Academy has several purposes: First, it serves as a link between the past and the future, learning from each other's strong points and making Confucian knowledge passed down from generation to generation; Second, keep orthodoxy, so that Confucianism is clear and consistent; Three talents can really produce a few people who mount their horses with live ammunition and dismount their pens.
Therefore, the focus of the academy is on people, who will run it, who will preside over it, who will be the tutor, who will be invited to speak, where the students come from, who they will be trained into, where they will be used, and so on. It's all about people, money is second. No one is empty.
The mountain is not high, but the fairy is famous. There are hundreds of academies in China and hundreds of Confucius Institutes abroad, but where are the people who can inherit Confucianism? Hardware is easy, software is difficult, and it is easier to find money than to find someone. It is difficult to revive Confucianism. What are we running a college for? It is better to run a private club than to entertain yourself. The purpose of running an academy is to cultivate people, so that Confucianism can cultivate a few real people, people with real knowledge, people with ideals and ambitions, people who are willing to take responsibility, care about life, society and the capital of the country and the world.
School of management has three forms: government management, private management and public-private cooperation. Personally, I prefer to run by the people, hoping to cultivate Confucian character, independent spirit and free thinking. If you can't decide what to teach, how to teach and recruit students, can you still produce talents?
I have been thinking about what I should do if I am given a college, how to go on, take a long-term view and produce talents. It is more difficult to train talents today than in ancient times, because he wants to integrate Chinese and western cultures, ancient and modern cultures, and be proficient in science, philosophy, art, management, classics, poetry and songs, natural society and humanities. He can also carry out bilingual international exchanges, mount a gun to defend the country, dismount and write books, saying that we should cultivate peaceful people from generation to generation, just like Mr. Wang Tong. Therefore, the first problem in running an academy is people.
Second, the teaching mode of the academy
Nowadays, colleges and universities, especially private colleges and universities, are working hard. The model we try is to run a farm and study institute, according to the tradition of "half-day farming and half-day reading" Benefits of farming and reading mode:
1, get rid of the impetuous spirit and calm down.
Modern society is so impetuous that it is difficult for students to read classics. Calm him down first. There are many ways to meditate. Traditional agriculture is in harmony with the climate. There is a set of rules that spring is long and summer is long, and autumn harvest is long and winter harvest is long. You can't rush (except for science and technology agriculture). Students can use this to hone their temper.
2. Establish the cosmology of the unity of man and nature.
China's traditional culture, especially Confucianism, is based on farming civilization. First of all, we should establish the idea of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Farming is the best way to experience harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Otherwise, what does the twenty-four solar terms have to do with me where I can't understand the Book of Changes and the Book of Songs? Heating in winter, cooling in summer, insects to kill insects, all against the sky, can you understand the meaning of "my heart is the universe, the universe is my heart"?
3. Exercise your bones and muscles and change your physique.
Today's children are too weak. First, they grew up in cities, far away from nature, and lived in the ruthless world of steel and cement for a long time. Second, there is something wrong with food, and the nutritional energy is too low and toxic, which is equivalent to chronic poisoning; Third, the brain has been disturbed by various electromagnetic fields for a long time, and the structure of cranial nerve circuits is problematic and lacks creativity. If a person wants to become a talented person, he must first become a piece of material that can withstand forging, so he should return to nature and suffer from his mind and bones.
4. Eliminate the weak-willed and leave the real seeds.
Agricultural farming is very hard, especially ecological agriculture. People who are afraid of being dirty, tired and bitter will leave soon. It's called natural elimination. There is nothing to regret. What can we expect from him?
5, part-time, self-reliance.
Our college does not charge tuition fees, but also gives students allowances as appropriate, which requires students to have independent consciousness and spirit, actively participate in the construction of the college, at least be self-reliant, and redundant agricultural products can also be circulated in the market.
Our Xinglin Tonghui College is located in Shunyi District, Beijing, which is 0/0 km away from the Capital Airport/KLOC. There are 90 mu of farmland, 500 fruit trees, 0/20 apricot trees, 70,000 books and 30 students.
Students are a combination of registration and recommendation. Domestic students start from the first year of college, and only enter school on holidays after entering school. They usually study by themselves according to the bibliography listed by the college, which does not affect the normal order of colleges and universities. Students are required to learn basic courses well, such as classical Chinese, mathematics, English, logic and other public courses, regardless of employment problems, and listen to lectures from other departments as much as possible to expand their knowledge. After graduation, I will study in the college for one year, and the college will recommend me for employment. After graduation, juniors and seniors have to go to school for two years, and only three years of full-time Chinese studies education can lay a solid foundation.
There are 15 permanent students in each period, and the elimination rate is 1/3. After choosing employment aspirations, less than five people can inherit Confucian academic thoughts and take the road of education. We will try our best to train them and make them great talents to revitalize Confucianism and re-establish Confucian orthodoxy.
Third, save a few sacrifice Juexue.
The functions of traditional academies revolve around giving lectures, collecting books, offering sacrifices and holding ceremonies. Among them, giving lectures and collecting books are slightly better, offering sacrifices to a few schools. China people's lack of faith and the collapse of filial piety are related to the lack of sacrifice spirit. How to restore the tradition of sacrifice is a big topic, but it is necessary for the college to maintain and preserve the performance.
Rites and music civilization is the backbone of Confucian tradition, which is directly reflected in real life and cannot be separated from the five elements of daily use. I'm afraid how to rebuild Confucian rites today is only feasible within the scope of academies. It is suggested that we should start from the academy, communicate and support each other, and finally achieve unity before affecting society.
A successful academy must have its own unique academic ideas and soul figures. It doesn't matter if you can't reach it for a while, but you should yearn for it. Nowadays, most of the academies are run by the people, and most of them are affiliated institutions of universities. Some academic ideas have also been moved to apply for research funding, and soul figures are willing to give you a name and sign it. Besides, the soul can't see at all
Master can't find it. It is still feasible to invite everyone.
The resident tutor of the academy should be a sage of Confucian scholarship and a master of Chinese studies who can be hired by courtesy. He must really love his country and his students. Students should pay homage to their teachers when they enter school, and always observe the one-year disciple ceremony, so that both teachers and students can trust each other and establish a deep teacher-student relationship. On the one hand, teachers infect students with their own moral integrity, on the other hand, they are responsible for students from reading to life, from spiritual cultivation to work and health preservation. Naturally, students should respect their teachers and live up to their expectations.
In daily teaching, students mainly study by themselves, with tutors answering questions, teaching regularly, assessing by stages and commenting on papers. University books are all open books. Allow different schools of thought and different viewpoints to participate in lectures and debates.
Fourth, the teaching content:
1, based on the "national studies" culture represented by Confucianism, integrates the excellent factors of world culture and absorbs the good things of eastern and western cultures. Classics require bilingual reading, at least the Analects of Confucius and Laozi can speak in English, otherwise they can't go to the world and communicate internationally.
2. Life needs self-reliance. In addition to farming, students and volunteers take turns to do the odd jobs in the college. The college has set up a traditional Chinese medicine health course based on Huangdi Neijing, and has a health garden and a medicine garden. Students should learn to identify herbs, master basic medical knowledge and traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods for common diseases.
3. Pay equal attention to practice, understanding and reading. The college first offers courses such as mind kung fu, meditation and brain function research and development, aiming to help students combine learning with experience and form true knowledge in their own lives.
4. Restore the tradition of six arts, and choose the one that suits you as a self-cultivation skill among works of art such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, so as to achieve the wealth and elegance of life, the truth, goodness and beauty of the soul, and make a qualitative change in life.
There won't be many students who can really settle down, and there can't be many. Only three or five people have always prospered the country. Precipitated talents are the seeds of the academy, and they should shoulder the mission of "connecting the past with the future and carrying forward the future".
As for the direction of other students, it depends on my own willingness and mental characteristics. People who are suitable for politics, teaching and business should always suit their own characteristics. The principle is that the college is responsible for recommending to its member enterprises, and if it needs overseas study and international exchange, it will be funded as appropriate by the college.
The people trained by the academy are social talents, not just for my use. Wouldn't it be better to let them enter the society, spread the ideas of the academy and spread the Confucian ideals to the world?
Fifth, the funding of the academy.
The last one is the funding of the college. Without money, people can't stay, and the academy can't go far. Most of the ancient academies had their own fields, and they were self-sufficient, and with the donation of the gentry, there was no problem in survival. Today's academies are run as private clubs for private entrepreneurs and affiliated institutions of universities, which are related to Otawa's funds. It is difficult to live academically, let alone live well and live with quality.
Our agricultural college has its own fields and houses, and it is not a big problem to support it by our own efforts. However, the operating expenses of the college need to be raised by itself. The research institute has its own company, its own projects and its own operating income. As long as you don't want to be greedy, you don't have a false reputation, you stick to it and become a "disabled person", which is success.
The failure of many academies in history is not entirely due to economic reasons, but more to ideological, political and personnel factors. For example, Ma Yifu's renamed Academy and Qian Mu's Xinya Academy are all related to the thoughts of the core figures and the intervention of the authorities. Nowadays, it is more difficult to manage colleges. Many private schools are secretly run, and it is difficult for others to refuse interviews and visits.
No one knows how far the agricultural school we organized can go. I'm just getting started. I'm throwing bricks at this jade. Success, summing up experience, with a view to the latecomers to do better; Failed, tell everyone that this road is impassable, find another way. In short, just work hard, don't care about reputation, just try your best, just want to be worthy of the world and the sages.