State school, a school established in the state capital.

County schools, schools established in each county.

Imperial academy is the central official school after the Sui Dynasty in ancient China and the highest institution of learning in the ancient education system in China.

The Four Books and Five Classics, collectively called the Four Books and Five Classics, are China Confucian classics. The four books refer to The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, University and The Doctrine of the Mean. The Five Classics refer to The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zhouyi and Chunqiu, which are referred to as "Poems, Books, Rites, Changes and Chunqiu" for short. Prior to this, there was a Book of Music, which was called Poems, Books, Rites, Music, Change, Spring and Autumn. These six books were also called the Six Classics. The Four Books and Five Classics are the basic bibliography of Confucianism after the Southern Song Dynasty, and they are also required books for Confucian students.