Xue Ji is one of the monographs on the study of ancient Chinese laws and regulations, which was written at the end of the Warring States Period. Legend has it that it was compiled by Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty. According to Guo Moruo's textual research, the author is Ke, a student of Mencius. Xue Ji is concise and vivid, which systematically and comprehensively 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. This paper systematically and comprehensively summarizes China's educational experience in the pre-Qin period. It is the earliest monograph on education and teaching in ancient China and even in the world.

Learning records advocate the combination of in-class and out-of-class, and the combination of textbook learning and practical training, which not only expands the knowledge, but also cultivates noble moral sentiments and good living habits. The book uses more space to expound the dialectical relationship between "teaching" and "learning". It is believed that only through the practice of "learning" can we see the gap in our own learning ("learning before learning is insufficient"), and only through the practice of "teaching" can we see the deficiency of our own knowledge and experience ("teaching before learning is difficult"). Seeing the gap, we can make progress, seeing poverty, we can spur ourselves, and thus draw the correct conclusion that "teaching and learning learn from each other". Learning notes attach importance to heuristic teaching ("thinking after enlightenment") and gradual teaching ("teaching without rules is called grandchildren"), and emphasize stimulating students' intrinsic learning motivation and cultivating students' learning consciousness. Attach importance to teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. It is argued that the basis of inspiration and induction is to understand the difficulty of students' learning and the beauty and evil of talent.

It advocates the teaching order from shallow to deep, from easy to difficult, from simple to complex, and puts forward the positive educational principle, that is, to guide students to develop in a good way before their bad behavior occurs. It is also pointed out that students should learn from each other in the learning process. The Book of Learning endows teachers with lofty status. Put forward the idea of respecting teachers and valuing morality.

Xue Ji was written in China during the Warring States Period, with more than 1,000 words, all about education and teaching. This is not only the first monograph on education and teaching in China, but also in the world. The Analects of Confucius is a book that records the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples. Although it is earlier than Xue Ji, it covers a wide range of topics, including education and politics, so it cannot be called a monograph on education and teaching. Quintilian's On the Education of Speakers, also known as the Principle of Eloquence, was written in ancient Rome, hundreds of years later than China's The Book of Learning, and it is the first educational and teaching monograph in the West. Comenius' Theory of Great Teaching, written in 1632, is the first educational monograph in modern western countries and a symbol of the independence of pedagogy.