Education

Chinese Education By: Adam

Chinese people made many inventions because of their education. They learned about Confucianism, five books based on literature, religion, society, and government, and they learned about these things in the Chang’an and Wuhan universities.

Confucianism is a religion that is based off of the five relationships. They are parent to child, friend to friend, ruler to subject, husband to wife, and sibling to sibling. Confucius used these relationships to make the new and old analects. The analects are phrases that were meant to teach people how to live life. These analects were one of the things that were studied on civil service exams. Confucianism has been studied in China since 141B.C.

Five books were to teach Confucianism, society, government, and literature. These books also known as the Confucius Classics, were taught in public schools since the 1950’s and they have been taught since 136 B.C. Students nowadays study five other books like the five Classics. These books were The Classic of Poetry, The Collection of Rituals, Yijing, Shujing, and Chun Qiu. A statue of Confucius

There are two universities in China that have an interesting history. These two universities are the Chang’an and Wuhan universities. The Chang’an University has two interesting facts. People studied both the analects and the Confucius Classics. Out of all the people who studied here, one man ordered people to build 100 institutes for government positions. The Wuhan University started excepting students in 1893. It was the first university to be in a national university group. It changed places from Luojia Hill to Leshan, Sichuan Province during the War of Resistance Against Japan, then back to Luojia Hill after the war of resistance. It is a good thing it didn’t get destroyed in the war because as of today it is in the top ten list of China’s universities.

These aspects of China’s education played a great role in how they lived. The Confucius Classics taught about how you should live life, as well as Confucius and his teachings and religion called Confucianism. They were both also used in civil service exams, which showed who would get government positions as well as meritocracy. The two universities, Wuhan and Chang’an University, are where these people studied both the Confucius Classics and Confucianism, two important parts of China’s history and present day.

3 Final Questions

What are the five relationships? What were the Confucius Classics on? What are two facts about the Chang’an and Wuhan universities?