Schools in the pre-Qin period were called "East" in Shang Dynasty and "Xu" in Zhou Dynasty.

Ancient schools called it "Yao", so students called it "Yao Sheng", which was another name for Fuzhou county students in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It means: it was called school in ancient times.

Source:

1, "Shuo Wen": Yao, an old official, school, Xu, Zhou Yueyao.

2. Mencius Teng Wengong: Yin, Zhou Yueyao.

Composition: county, town, school, town, village, party, city, country and party.