According to historical records, China had the form of school education as early as 4000 years ago in the Xia Dynasty. "Mencius" said that Xia, Shang and Zhou "set up training, preface, learning and school to teach them, and the trainers raised them, and the teachers taught them and made them shoot them." There are three schools of thought, namely, Xu, Zhou Yueyao, while learning is shared by three generations, all due to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the earliest form of school education in China appeared in the Xia Dynasty.

Education in China has existed since the primitive society. During the Five Emperors' period, equality, equality and other ancient schools sprouted. In the early days of slave society, that is, Xia Dynasty, the earliest form of school education in China appeared, namely equality, order and school. The educational system of the past dynasties is only the embryonic form, and it has not really taken shape.

From the Western Zhou Dynasty, the education system began to be relatively perfect, with certain selection methods and criteria, which also changed with the development of the times.

The education in Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties was aimed at the descendants of princes and nobles, and the audience was essentially different from later generations. The schools in the Western Zhou Dynasty were run by officials, and only provided for the children of princes and nobles to learn. In essence, they were "learning from officials".

Ancient education generally refers to slave society and feudal society. In ancient China, the earliest form of school education was in the Xia Dynasty and after the Western Zhou Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius set up a private school to recruit disciples and advocated "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude".

In the Western Han Dynasty, in order to consolidate centralization and vigorously promote Confucian education, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up imperial academy in Chang 'an and schools in counties and countries, and initially established a local education system. The imperial examination system in Sui and Tang Dynasties promoted the development of education. The academic system in Sui and Tang Dynasties was complete and reached the world level at that time. Vocational education began to be established and private education began to rise.

School is the greatest invention of mankind and the inevitable product of the development of civilization. All cultures and ideas can be taught and spread in schools. The former teaches and the later learns, so it is endless, so there is an ancient civilization that has been continuously layered for thousands of years.