On the General cause of private schools in Pre-Qin Society

Private school was the main organization of social education and talent-fostering in pre-Qin society,whose emergence had its own profound social and historical roots.In the chaos and unheaval of the Spring and Autumm period,and the warring states period,the disintegration of aristocratic politics brought about the shift of leaning down to the folk and the rise of literati class,which laid social and cultural foundations for the appearance of private school.Furthermore,advocating knowledge and ability,and demand for Wise persons mad private school the trend of the times.However,it is worth noting that the development of social productive force was the root cause of the formalion of the private school.It not only accelerated the division of manual and mental labour and the arise of the intellectual class,but enriched the social ideology,thus provided teaching staff and laid an ideological foundation for private school.