In the Western Zhou Dynasty, universities were divided into five schools: the order in the east, the religion in the west, the monarch in the south, the Shang Yao in the north and the Bi Yong in the middle.

The east, west, south and north studies mentioned here draw the composition pattern of universities in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

According to the Book of Rites, the imperial court of the son of heaven is called "Bi Yong". According to the standards of later generations, Bi Yong is imperial academy.

Besides Biyong, there were other universities in the Western Zhou Dynasty. This does not rule out the possibility of other universities.

Xu Dong, Zhezhong, Cheng Jun and Shangyao are all universities.

East learning and east preface, the place to learn dance and fight, presided over by musicians; Western learning is a place for practicing etiquette and offering sacrifices to the ancestors of kings and sages, presided over by ceremonial officials; Learning in the south is equal, and it is a place to learn music, presided over by Daxie Music; Going to school in the north is a place to learn books, presided over by good books.