1, learning in the official: it is the most important feature of the western Zhou education system. Slave owners and nobles set up state institutions, set up official positions and engaged in management. In order to make rules and regulations for management, written records are kept by officials, which are called academic officials in history, leading to learning in the government.

2. Integration of officials and teachers: Because academic officials and knowledge are in the government, teachers are professional officials, and officials and teachers are integrated. Teachers have not yet become an independent social occupation, and they are concurrently held by government officials.

3. Primary education: at the age of 8, Prince Wang entered primary school; 10 years old or 13 years old, the doctor of the prince, the son of Yuanshi County, entered the primary school; 15-year-old son and some civilian children entered primary school. The study period is seven years; The primary school is located in the southeast of the palace; The content of education is moral education, that is, morality/behavior/art/tools. In fact, it is the noble moral code of conduct of slave owners and the basic training of social life knowledge and skills.

4. University education: The object of university education is the children of aristocrats and the outstanding elements among the common people, which embodies the hierarchical nature of education in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The study period is 9 years; Universities have different names. "The emperor said Bi Yong, and the vassal said Pan Gong". Biyong is the place where professors shoot, and to the north of Biyong is Shang Yang, which is the place for teaching. South is Cheng Jun, where music is taught; On the west is the lotus school, where etiquette is taught; To the east is Xu Dong, a place where martial arts dance is taught.

5. Six Arts Education: Originated in Xia Dynasty, developed in Shang Dynasty, and enriched in Western Zhou Dynasty, which is the characteristic and symbol of education in Western Zhou Dynasty. Six arts is the number of books shot by music. Among them, the ceremony and music were the center, which reflected the patriarchal hierarchy, and music education was the art education at that time. Shooting and defense are indispensable military training programs for aristocratic children. A tribe with a small number rules a league with a large number of people. Shooting is archery, and defending is to control horse-drawn chariots. As a small art, the number of books is arranged to be studied in primary schools. Books are written for reading, and numbers are algorithms. Among them, Shi Shuan Pian is the earliest recorded children's literacy textbook in the history of China.