The starting point of contemporary education is different from that of Han education. The purpose of Han education is to maintain the orthodox rule of Han dynasty, and the main purpose of contemporary education is to improve the popularization rate of national knowledge and the knowledge level of Chinese people.

Educational ideas are also different. When educating Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu's Confucian knowledge was established, and the theoretical basis of China's modern educational purpose-Marx's theory of man's all-round development, which correctly revealed the law of man's development and provided certain methodological guidance for formulating educational purposes.