2. The University was originally an article in The Rites of Little Wear, written by Ceng Zi. Many contemporary scholars believe that it is actually a Confucian work in Qin and Han dynasties and an important work to explore ancient educational theory.
Before the Song Dynasty, the status of universities was not very prominent. After Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi tried their best to respect the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhu wrote The Great Learning in the Southern Song Dynasty. Daxue became an important chapter in Confucian classics, and was finally called the "Four Books" together with The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, "University" became the official textbook of the school and the required reading of the imperial examination, which had a great influence on ancient education.
There are two main versions of Da Xue: one is Da Sentence, which is compiled by Zhu and divided into classics and biographies, and is one of the "Four Books"; First, the ancient books arranged in the original order, that is, the original "university" in the Book of Rites.