Schools in the Western Zhou Dynasty have a relatively complete system, which can be divided into two categories: one is Chinese studies and the other is rural studies. Sinology is located in the capital of cities and vassal States. According to students' age and education, they can be divided into universities and primary schools. The universities established by the Emperor of Heaven are large in scale and are called "five schools", namely Biyong, Cheng Jun, Shangyao, Xu Dong and Zhezong.

Among them, Biyong is the center and surrounded by water. The scale of the university set up by the governor is relatively simple, with only one study and half of it facing the water, which is called "Pangong". In addition to Chinese studies, there are also rural studies. Rural schools are local schools, established according to local administrative divisions. Due to the different areas, there are also different school names, such as Shushu, Dangyao, Zhou Xu and Xiangxiao.

Learning content

The Western Zhou School takes "Six Arts" as its basic educational content. The so-called "six arts", that is, ceremony, music, shooting, royal, calligraphy, number. Among the six arts, there are also "big arts" and "small arts". Ritual, music, shooting and defense are great skills, which are university courses, while books and numbers are minor skills, mainly for primary schools.

"Rite" and "Music" are the most important courses in universities. The master of the system of rites and music was Duke Zhou, an outstanding politician in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The "ritual" teaching in the Western Zhou Dynasty is mainly the training of the code of conduct, operational skills and personal cultivation in the political life of the country, which is necessary for aristocratic children. "Music" includes vocal music, instrumental music and dance. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, morality, language and dance were taught.

"Music" and "ceremony" are closely related, both external and internal, and their educational functions also have their own emphasis: "Music is the principle of cultivating the inside, and ceremony is the principle of cultivating the outside." It means: the function of ceremony is to restrain people's external behavior, which is mandatory to some extent; And music focuses on cultivating people's inner feelings, which makes people imperceptible. In fact, music masters are music used in teaching etiquette, so they are also an integral part of ethics.