Among the existing musical written materials, the earliest record of music education is the Theory of Equality in the Five Emperors period. Music education is the main teaching content of equality research, so equality research is the source of school music education in China. In Xia and Shang Dynasties, China paid more attention to the educational function of rites and music. In addition to maintaining equality, there is also the so-called theory of Yin Shang Sheng, and a new music education institution has been established. However, the content of rites and music at that time focused on sacrifices, religions and ceremonies. In the Zhou Dynasty, although the application scope of rites and music did not exceed the above scope, it paid more attention to political and ideological needs such as ethics and etiquette. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, its educational policy was formulated according to the needs of patriarchal clan system, and it was put forward that the educational purpose was to take the ethics of Ming Dynasty as the key link, supplemented by rites, music, poetry and books, and the literary and artistic style was greatly developed compared with before.