The characteristics of education in the Western Zhou Dynasty are as follows: academic officials guard, learning in officials, integration of politics and religion, and integration of officials and teachers.

"Learning from officials" means that the educational management and administrative functions of the Western Zhou Dynasty are concurrently held by officials, and education and political power are highly integrated, which embodies the characteristics of the integration of politics and religion in education in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

"Learning in the government" shows that the educational places in the Western Zhou Dynasty are located in government institutions, and the educational activities are under the direct supervision of the political power, which also shows the state of the integration of politics and religion in the education of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

"The unity of politics and religion" directly points out the high integration of education and political system in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and education was deeply involved and utilized by political forces, which is one of the basic characteristics of education in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

"The integration of officials and teachers" refers to the integration of the roles of teachers and political officials in Western Zhou education. Teachers not only undertake teaching functions, but also have certain political attributes, which embodies the integration of officials and teachers in the education of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

These four sentences summarize the characteristics of the education of the unity of politics and religion and the unity of officials and teachers in the Western Zhou Dynasty from four aspects: education management, education places, the relationship between politics and education and the role of teachers. Education in the Western Zhou Dynasty was deeply integrated into political life and became an important part of political functions, which was embodied in the right of education management, the choice of educational places, the high combination of politics and education, and the political attributes of teachers' roles.

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The Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 ~ 77 1 year ago) was a historical dynasty in China. It took 12 generations from the demise of businessmen to the demise of others. The Western Zhou Dynasty was the heyday of slave society in China. Compared with Shang Dynasty, social productivity was higher, agriculture was prosperous and culture was further developed. Patriarchal clan system and well field system were the most basic social, political and economic systems at that time. When the Zhou Dynasty was strong, it crossed the Yangtze River in the south, Liaoning in the northeast, Gansu in the west and Shandong in the east.

There was a relatively developed education system in the Western Zhou Dynasty. A school named "East" was set up in China's hometown to teach knowledge and skills. The education of aristocratic children is more complete, with primary schools and universities. Aristocratic children entered primary school at the age of eight, and got married and entered university at the age of fifteen.

Xizhou school

Li Zhou has two officials, Shi Shi and Bao Shi. Judging from their positions, the content of education includes virtue, skills and appearance. Skills are both civil and military, courtesy, music, shooting (archery), imperial (driving), writing (writing) and number (arithmetic), which are collectively called six arts.