Entering the new era of 2 1 century, our motherland continues to build a harmonious well-off society in an all-round way and thoroughly implement Scientific Outlook on Development, which puts forward higher requirements for the development of advanced socialist culture. Especially after the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the cultural circles are responding to the call, and the upsurge of socialist cultural construction is on the rise, which has aroused the enthusiasm of the whole nation for cultural innovation and inspired us to do our job well.

Workers in the discipline of educational history should keep pace with the times, make their own contributions to fully understanding the traditional culture of the motherland and carrying forward the excellent educational tradition of the Chinese nation, and strive to promote the innovation of the discipline system, academic viewpoints and research methods. As some new research results have appeared in academic circles, the author has gained new experience on some historical issues and accumulated new experience in teaching work, so it is timely to comprehensively absorb these new things and revise the textbook History of Education in China again.

The History of Education in China is a textbook for undergraduates majoring in education. Since its publication, many normal universities, colleges of education, teacher training and degree courses have adopted it. In order to meet the needs of teaching, the first edition was printed 8 times, and the second edition was printed 19 times, with a cumulative printing of 27 times and a print run of 27 1600 copies.