"Learning in the official" is a remarkable feature of education in the Western Zhou Dynasty. It is a high generalization of the education system in the Western Zhou Dynasty and an important feature of the slave social education system in China. Academics and education are controlled by the government, and the written laws and regulations of the country, ancient books and documents, and ritual vessels are all controlled by the government.

(1) Only officials have books, and the people have no books.

(2) Only officials have tools and the people have no tools.

(3) Only officials have learned, while the people have no learning.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, slavery in China collapsed and turned to feudalism. Great changes in economy and politics also changed education. The education of "learning in the government", which serves the old economy and politics and is monopolized by the nobility, is declining.