The ancient Chinese achieved excellence in the field of education. There is no doubt that the Chinese were determined for the formation of a peaceful, healthy and law-governed society through education. A student was inspired to build good moral conduct and lead sacred life through this education. Primary schools and high schools were established in villages, colleges were established in district level and the only university was established in the capital for bringing excellence in education.Įducation was imparted in the field of literature, Mathematics, warfare, chariot driving and so on. During that period emphasis was laid down on education from bottom to top. It is known that during the reign of Chu dynasty, education flourished in China. One does not know much about the education of ancient China. Many such books have been preserved in the imperial library of China which throw light on the creative writings of the Chinese. Besides, the Chinese wrote several books concerning song, science, religion and philosophy. Su-Ma-Chin wrote the first history of the land and became a famous historian. That is why he was regarded as the ‘Keats of China’. The greatest poet of China was Li-Tai-Po who produced 30 epics.Īnother famous poet of China was Tu-Fu whose writings contained romantic ideas. ‘The Song of the Old Farmer’, ‘The Son of the Felicitous Cloud’ and ‘The Five Classics’ are very famous. Although, Si-Whang-Ti had ordered for the destruction of ancient literature of China but he had also tried his level best to create new literature in China. The people of ancient China had created a vast treasury of valuable literature. Later on the Arabs learnt paper-making process from the Chinese people. Around 105 B.C., the Chinese had invented paper which was their greatest contribution to the history of mankind. Then they dried it under sun and prepared paper. and added water and gum to the pounded-materials and boiled the entire solution on fire. So, the Chinese pounded the barks of trees, rags, grass etc.
They thought other way for making this process smooth. To write on bamboo plates and preserve them for a long time became difficult for the Chinese people. The Chinese people are the first inventor of modern paper. Thus, the Chinese people prepared ink in this process and preserved it in ink-pot. They added flower perfume to the ink in order to make it fragrant. When these pieces dissolved fully, ink was prepared and used. When it became hard, it was broken into small pieces and preserved. They dried up this mixture by keeping it under sunshine. In the later stage, the Chinese people mingled such black powder, gum and water and prepared a mixture. This coloured liquid was kept in an ink pot. The Chinese collected these black particles and added gum and water with those black powder and prepared ink. The flame of fire coming in contact with earthen pot created black particles, at its back. In this way, the Chinese people learnt to use pen and brush. They prepared one type of coloured liquid and used it as ink.
Later on they began to write on silk cloth by using brush and ink. They wrote on bamboo plates by these pens. The Chinese people first invented bamboo pens for writing.
Around 4000 of such symbols are even used today in China. At a point of time, the Chinese people used around 55,000 symbols. They wrote the symbols from top to bottom on thin bamboo slips and each slip was like a page of a book. After memorising many symbols, it was possible to write. In the last stage of the improvement of the system of writing, the Chinese people took the help of sound to represent a picture or idea. This expression of idea was known as ‘Ideogram’.
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