The main contents of education in the Western Zhou Dynasty were etiquette, music, archery, bending, calligraphy and mathematics, collectively referred to as the Six Arts.

Schools in the Western Zhou Dynasty have a relatively complete system, which can be divided into two categories: one is Chinese studies and the other is rural studies. Sinology is located in the capital of cities and vassal States. According to students' age and education, they can be divided into universities and primary schools. The universities established by the Emperor of Heaven are large in scale and are called "five schools", namely Biyong, Cheng Jun, Shangyao, Xu Dong and Zhezong. Among them, Biyong is the center and surrounded by water. The scale of the university set up by the governor is relatively simple, with only one study and half of it facing the water, which is called "Pangong".

In addition to Chinese studies, there are also rural studies. Rural schools are local schools, established according to local administrative divisions. Due to the different areas, there are also different school names, such as Shushu, Dangyao, Zhou Xu and Xiangxiao. The educational system of the Western Zhou Dynasty is shown in the following table: Six Arts is the basic educational content of the Western Zhou School. The so-called "six arts", that is, ceremony, music, shooting, royal, calligraphy, number. Among the six arts, there are also "big arts" and "small arts". Ritual, music, archery and defense are great skills, which are university courses, while books and numbers are minor skills, mainly for primary schools.