Xue Ji is one of the monographs on the study of ancient Chinese laws and regulations, which was written at the end of the Warring States Period. Legend has it that it was compiled by Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty. According to Guo Moruo's textual research, the author is Ke, a student of Mencius. This paper systematically and comprehensively summarizes China's educational experience in the pre-Qin period. It is the earliest monograph on education and teaching in ancient China and even in the world.

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.

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 way 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.

The first biographical history book "Historical Records"

The first biographical history book is Historical Records. It recorded the history of four years and more than 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty. In the first year of Taichu (BC 104), Sima Qian began to create Taishi Gongshu, later called Shiji. This book was used for 14 years before and after completion.

Historical Records includes twelve biographies (recording the political achievements of emperors in past dynasties), thirty biographies (recording the rise and fall of vassal states and governors in Han Dynasty), seventy biographies (recording the words and deeds of important people, mainly describing the characters and ministers, and the last one is the preface), ten tables (chronology of major events) and eight books (recording various laws and regulations, such as etiquette, music, temperament, calendar, astronomy, etc.).

Historical records 130, with more than 526,500 words, 395,000 words more than Huainanzi and 288,000 words more than Lv Chunqiu.