During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the official learned something and got some recovery. At this time, Cao Wei and Jin government hoped to resume official education and let the country cultivate talents by itself. Unfortunately, the gentry in this period occupied the vast majority of social resources. Cao Pi's adoption of the nine-level official selection system doomed the court to bow to the gentry group. During this period, the family education of the gentry group became popular and almost became the mainstream of society. This means that the talents trained by official schools may not necessarily become court officials, but almost all children educated by aristocratic families can become court officials.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the system of "Jiupin Zhong Zheng" was firmly controlled by the gentry group, which basically became an important tool for them to support their children and become rich. The decline of official schools directly led to the rise of private education. As a result, the gentry group monopolized the educational resources, and the poor children had no choice but to become leeks under the rule of the gentry group. During the Wei and Jin dynasties, the gentry group monopolized the officialdom and educational resources through the nine-product system. After the anti-corruption cycle and the efforts of several generations, the gentry accumulated considerable wealth. The rise of private schools, from a certain perspective, is actually a negative impact on the highest ruling class. This thing was more obvious in the Southern Dynasties.
Private schools flourished in the Southern Dynasties, and the gentry took charge. Strictly speaking, from the moment the Eastern Jin Dynasty was founded, the history of the Southern Dynasties began. During this period, the gentry group controlled the military and political power of the imperial court and didn't care about the emperor at all. In addition, many nobles want to replace the emperor and start their own businesses. For example, Wang Dun of the Langya Wang family and Huan Wen of the Huan family are both famous careerists.
Private schools in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties not only faced unfavorable situation due to war and political turmoil, but also had great room for development and change due to a series of historical reasons. The prosperity of gentry's private schools is due to its high political, economic and cultural status, which represents the highest level of private schools at that time in terms of school-running forms, teaching and scientific research. Private schools have made great contributions to urban and rural enlightenment schools and some vocational and technical schools. During this period, Buddhism and Taoism flourished, which constituted the overall scene of private schools developing vigorously in many fields, disciplines and aspects.
The regime change in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties led to the decline of official learning, and private learning gradually became the mainstream. However, compared with the private schools in the Three Kingdoms period, the teaching content of private schools in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties is wider, the area involved is wider and the educational content is more diversified. As far as the whole education system is concerned, the ideological education system based on Confucianism, which was respected by the Han Dynasty, was impacted with the demise of the Han Dynasty. At the same time, the constant change and turmoil of political power also led to the rise of metaphysics, the rise of Taoism, the spread of Buddhism, and the invasion of Persian, Greek and other cultures.
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