"Be close to the teacher and believe in his way" means that only when one is close to and respects his teacher can he believe and learn the knowledge and truth imparted by the teacher. Teachers with profound knowledge, good speech skills, noble personality and enthusiasm for work will have more followers to follow.

Source: This sentence is from the Book of Rites, and the specific original text is as follows:

My husband was born, so I learned from him and kissed his teacher. I liked my friend and believed in his way, so although I left my teacher, I didn't object.

Only in this way can we concentrate on our studies, respect our teachers, get along well with our classmates, and believe in the truth we have learned.

The text of Xue Ji is concise and vivid, which systematically and comprehensively expounds the purpose and function of education, the system, principles and methods of education and teaching, the position and function of teachers, and the relationship between teachers and students and classmates in the process of education. China's educational experience in the pre-Qin period was systematically and comprehensively summarized. It is the earliest treatise on education and teaching in ancient China and the world.

Xue Ji attaches importance to heuristic teaching ("enlightenment means thinking") and gradual teaching ("random teaching is the grandson"), and emphasizes stimulating students' intrinsic learning motivation and cultivating students' learning consciousness. Attach importance to teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. The basis of advocating inspiration and induction is to understand the difficulty of students' learning and the beauty and evil of talents.

It advocates the teaching order from shallow to deep, from easy to difficult, from simple to complex, and puts forward the positive educational principle, that is, to guide students to develop in a good direction before their bad behavior occurs. It is also pointed out that students should learn from each other in the learning process. The Book of Learning endows teachers with lofty status. Put forward the idea of respecting teachers and valuing morality.