Xueji is an ancient educational paper in China, an article in the Book of Rites, a monograph on ancient laws and regulations in China, and the earliest document devoted to education and teaching in the history of the world. It is generally believed that this is the work of China Meng Si School at the end of the Warring States Period. According to Guo Moruo's textual research, the author is Ke. This paper 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, and systematically and comprehensively summarizes the educational experience of pre-Qin period in China. He is concise, vivid in metaphor, fluent in style and artistic to some extent.
Xue Ji inherited the consistent thought of pre-Qin Confucianism and regarded education as the most effective means to implement political and social management. Therefore, at the beginning of Xue Ji, the purpose and function of education are discussed in the beautiful language of epigrams.
The author of Xue Ji expounds the role of education in changing customs and building the country, and emphasizes that the purpose of education is to serve social politics, thus closely linking education with personal development and social progress, especially highlighting the political function of education and forming the outstanding characteristics of ancient education in China.
While emphasizing the role of education and clarifying the purpose of education, Xueji plans the school education system and advocates the establishment of a strict school assessment system.
Xue Ji summed up the experience and lessons of success or failure of education since the pre-Qin period, and pointed out the principles that must be followed and the methods that should be adopted in the process of education and teaching.
The Book of Learning puts forward specific measures for school management. First, pay special attention to the entrance education of universities and the management of students' daily behavior. The Book of Learning regards entrance education as the beginning of university education, and requires that on the first day of school, the prince should lead officials from civil and military departments to attend a ceremony in Gong Xue, offering sacrifices to sages and teachers with fresh fruits and vegetables to show respect for teachers and orthodoxy.
About the author: Hakka, character, celebrity, a native of Shandong during the Warring States Period, and an important figure of the school. Guo Moruo considers himself a disciple of Mencius. According to the Book of Rites, Wang Zhi said, "Yue Zheng worships four techniques and establishes four religions". His surname is occupation, and his ancestors were academic officials. His main contribution is to write a monograph on teaching, Xue Ji.