In Modern Chinese Dictionary, "Jiong Jiong" is pronounced as Xiang, and the explanation of this word "Jiong Jiong" is: ancient school. Xu Xiang refers to ancient rural studies, generally referring to schools. Yao Sheng, another name for students in official, state and county schools under the imperial examination system. In Ci Hai, "Yao" is also interpreted as an ancient school, while in Mencius Teng Wengong, "Set it as Yao, order it, learn and the school teaches it. People who are embarrassed raise it, those who teach it teach it, and those who light it shoot it. Yin, Zhou. Learning is shared by three generations, so it is also a good relationship. " There is also "Shuo Bu": "Yao, courtesy officer for the aged, school, Yao, Zhou." Although the former said "Zhou" and the latter said "Yin Yue Dong", it is not difficult to see that the ancients called the school "Dong", which means "enlightenment" and "enlightenment".
From the word "East" itself, "East" is a pictophonetic word. From the broad, sheep's voice. The original meaning of "guang" is a spacious house. "Sheep" is a "good" province, which means beauty and perfection. "Guang" and "Yang" are "Yao", which can be understood as a place devoted to educating people to be kind, kind and humble, thus making their character more perfect, that is, the school.
"Dong" can be divided into two parts.
As the name of an ancient school, "Dong" is not only recorded in many ancient books, but also has different interpretations. For example, the Book of Rites says, "You will be old when you are at home, and old when you are at home." Zheng Xuan's Note: "I went to Shandong, went to school on the right, went to college, and was also in the western suburbs. Xiayi, Zuoxue and Primary School are also in the east of Zhonggong. " Book of Rites: "The host greeted the guests outside the door." Mencius Hui Liang Wang Shangshang: "I would like to take teaching as the order." In the Ming Dynasty, Wang Yinglin's Notes on Sleeping, Volume 5: "I am a rural school, with one class and one room; The order is a state school, and there is no room in the hall. " "Yao Lao", "Yao Sheng" and "You Yao" are all appellations derived from "Yao". Among them, "Yao Lao" was the honorific title for local scholars in ancient times, and "Yao Sheng" was the honorific title for government officials and state and county school students in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The ancient official school was a county school, and the county school was a city school. In Yuan Dynasty, Ke Danqiu's Chai Jing Ji Hui said: "There are no bags at home, and the number of students is too small." Wu Jun's epitaph by Liu Dakui in Qing Dynasty: "A son and a man were born in the city." Pu Songling's "Promoting Weaving" in Qing Dynasty: "Invite students into the city again." The "city" here is the county school. "You Yao" refers to the students who were admitted to official, state and county schools by Confucian scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, Ling Mengchu's "Two Moments of Surprise" Volume 30: "In short, three people walk together." In the Qing Dynasty, Huang Jiaoqi wrote to Xu: "The museum belongs to the Xiang family of Jiahe, and its son is studying abroad, and the supervision is very strict." In the Qing Dynasty, Mao Xianglin wrote in "Flowers in the Mountain": "A child who has fallen asleep is lonely, and his mother is very tolerant. The more you swim, the more dissolute you are. " Chen Qiyuan's Notes on Yongxianzhai in the Qing Dynasty: "This person eats and swims, so it is appropriate to persuade people."
The word "school" originated in the Republic of China.
According to research, there were schools in China as early as 4,000 years ago. The earliest school was called "Garden". The higher-level university was called "Shandong" and the lower-level primary school was called "Xia Dong". There were four schools in Xia Dynasty, namely "Xue", "East Order", "West Order" and "School". By the Shang Dynasty, the names of these four schools had evolved into "Xue", "Right Sect", "Left Sect" and "Xu Sect". Since then, there have been schools in the palace, named "Biyong" and "Chengjun". During the Western Han Dynasty, schools were divided into central schools and local schools, with imperial academy as the central school and Gong Xue as the local school. In the Tang Dynasty, the ancient school-running reached its peak, and the school classification was more refined. Schools in the Ming and Qing Dynasties basically inherited the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but due to the development of the imperial examination system, schools became vassals of the imperial examination system. Modern education began in the late Qing Dynasty.
In the 28th year of Guangxu (1902), the Constitution of the King James School was promulgated, and the school was called the school for the first time. After the Revolution of 1911, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China announced the new academic system, and all "schools" were renamed "schools", which are still in use today. Shu Zhihui