The content and purpose of education in the Western Zhou Dynasty (about 1 1 century-77 BC1year) were different from those in the Sui and Tang Dynasties (58 1 year-907 AD).

The educational contents in the Western Zhou Dynasty mainly included etiquette, music, archery, driving and archery. Its purpose is to cultivate and shape the morality, cultivation and talents of monarchs and nobles, so as to ensure the stability of social order and rule.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the contents of education were more diverse, including literature, history, Confucian classics, law and mathematics. This is due to the socio-economic development and cultural prosperity in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and also reflects the rulers' demand for talents and their emphasis on knowledge. The purpose of education is to cultivate talented and cultured talents to meet the needs of society and serve the government and bureaucrats.

Generally speaking, the education in the Western Zhou Dynasty focused on cultivating the quality and ability of rulers and nobles, while the education in the Sui and Tang Dynasties paid more attention to popularizing and expanding the spread of knowledge in order to cultivate all-round talents.

What influence did the imperial examination system have on ancient education in China?

Positive impact:

1. As a stylized and standardized system of selecting scholars, it provided a relatively fixed source of ruling talents for feudal society.

2. It expanded its ruling foundation and melted the resistance of the people, especially intellectuals, to a great extent.

3. Promoted the development of education.

Negative effects:

1. The imperial examination system has become an obstacle to school education, because rulers often attach importance to scholars instead of educating them.

2. Because the imperial examination is the system of selecting officials, those who have literary talents may not have management talents, and it is difficult to select real political talents by the imperial examination.

3. The imperial examination system makes intellectuals' reading with a strong utilitarian color.

4. The content of the imperial examination system is limited to Confucian classics, and the examination method is rote memorization, which greatly fetters the scholars' thoughts and corrupts the style of study.

The purpose and significance of modern education;

Objective: It is the general requirement to train the educated into people with certain social needs.

Significance: it is to make people understand the responsibility and obligation of a person to human society.