Want to know what books were taught in ancient private schools?

Ancient education (taking Ming and Qing Dynasties as an example) is also divided into enlightenment, childlike innocence and teacher (supervisor) education.

At this stage, I can read and write (through sentences): Qiu Meng, Saint Amethyst, Hundred Family Names, Wonder Poems, Thousand Family Poems, and Travel in Qionglin are the textbooks at this stage.

Tongsheng: This means that students should be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and learn to write eight-part essays and poems to prepare for the imperial examination. At this time, textbooks such as Four Books and Five Classics, Wen Xin Diao Long, Zi Guan and China's View of Ancient Literature are needed.

Scholar, the entrance examination for imperial examinations has been completed. To prepare for the juren examination, it is required to be proficient in eight-part essay, and the teaching materials will become four books, five classics and today's essay (eight-part essay compilation)

Juren is expected to be the top scholar among the Jinshi. In addition to the four books, the five classics and the times, the twenty-four histories of history books should be added, because it is necessary to test strategies for entering the Jinshi.