Yang Xianjiang, an early Marxist educational theorist in China, once pointed out: "Where there is life, there is education". There are educational activities in China where there are human beings, which is the beginning of China's educational history. This kind of education has experienced primitive periods, including Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, Qin and Han Dynasties, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties.

The educational reform in this period can be said to be a new turning point and innovation, that is, the beginning of the imperial examination system, which is a historic innovation. From this moment on, the imperial examination system began to change. In the following thousands of years, the imperial examination system has been handed down. This life of the imperial examination is undoubtedly our current college entrance examination.