There is also a supporting role in the play that impressed us deeply, that is, Cen Can, a scholar who was robbed in the street by Zhang Xiaojing and later imprisoned with Zhang Xiaojing. In prison, Cen Can showed his cultural skills, answered Zhang Xiaojing's questions one by one, and even translated them truthfully in other languages, showing us the elegance of great translators in ancient times. Then the question came. How did people in the Tang Dynasty learn? Or what was the education like in the Tang Dynasty?
At that time, the Tang Dynasty was still a feudal society, and there were classes in society. The most common ones were intellectuals, farmers, workers and businessmen. Most classes choose different learning methods, and the main ways to participate in learning should be private schools and official schools. As the name implies, most of the students in private schools are children of civilians, and those in official schools are children of powerful people, or if they are really geniuses, it is estimated that they will be recruited, so let's talk about private schools and official schools first.
The first is private schools. As we all know, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius started a private school with 3,000 disciples, which broke the monopoly of officials and gentry on knowledge. Later, various private schools sprang up like mushrooms after rain. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, official learning was extremely powerful, and the imperial examination system was also improving day by day. The development of high and intermediate private schools has been restrained, but the low-level private schools have been developed.
In the Tang Dynasty, the county was the administrative unit. In terms of academic system, township schools and town schools below the county level were all primary schools, all of which were run by the people, allowing private management. At that time, famous teachers and Confucian scholars gathered many disciples to give lectures and teach classics. For example, Yan Shigu and Kong, who are famous for testing the Five Classics, are both officials? Call yourself a professor? .
Then there are learning institutions set up by the government, and official schools are also classified. Hong Wen Pavilion and Chongwen Pavilion are aristocratic schools, while imperial academy is a public school. The bachelor of Hong Wen Pavilion is the first mate, responsible for proofreading books, worshippers and attending imperial ceremonies. There are 38 students, all of whom are royalty, first-class officials, prime ministers and heroes, aged 14- 19. A place where students have classes and exams, such as imperial academy. Chongwen Pavilion was originally the place where the Crown Prince studied.
In imperial academy, there are Guo Zi, imperial academy, four schools, law, books and arithmetic. Differences between schools are related to students' educational status (that is, their fathers and grandfathers). Learning, imperial academy and Sihui are for the children of bureaucrats in grade three, grade five and above grade seven, while law, calligraphy and arithmetic are for the children who are under grade eight and below. In addition, students of Guo Zi, Prince Edward and Sihui learn Confucian classics, while students of law, calligraphy and arithmetic learn specialized techniques.
There are 300 students from Guo Zi, 500 from Imperial College of Technology, four subjects 1300, 50 from Law, and 30 from Calligraphy and Arithmetic. The school age is 14 to 19, and the legal age is 18 to 25.
In addition to these private schools and official schools, there are a small number of scholarly families or merchant families. Their children teach themselves at home, and specially invite teachers to go home to give their children one-on-one education. After long-term study, they will report for the scientific research and enter the official career. This is the case with the famous poet Li Bai. Li Bai was born in a scholarly family. He studied hard and studied poetry books since childhood: four books and five classics, which he knew by heart; The articles of various schools are all backwards.