The history of education in China is an important branch of education. Its main contents include the process of the occurrence, development and evolution of China's educational system and educational ideas from ancient times to the present, summarizing the experience, lessons and characteristics of education in different historical stages, making an objective and scientific evaluation of the educational ideas and laws summarized by predecessors, revealing the feudal backwardness in the history of education and carrying forward the advanced democracy. Studying China's educational history can not only help us understand the origin and development of China's educational system and thoughts, but also help us feel some educational thoughts of educators at home and abroad, so as to get rid of its dross and take its essence, which is more convenient for us to do further research and study. In addition, studying the educational history of China can broaden our educational knowledge. From a higher perspective, China's educational history will carry forward its glorious history and criticize autocracy and backwardness, which will also inspire more people to devote themselves to education and develop educational science with China characteristics.

In my opinion, whether we understand a person or study a subject, we should first understand their past, judge from their past experiences, then understand this person's personality characteristics and habits, and learn his advantages from him. So is the study of China's educational history. First of all, by reading the history of education, we can clearly see the development of China's educational system and ideas, from the origin of education in primitive society to the education in Confucius' period, the educational scene of a hundred schools of thought contending in the Warring States Period, the Confucian classics education in Qin and Han Dynasties ... the rapid development of education in the national government period, and finally the new-democratic education led by the China * * production party. In this process, we have a clear understanding of famous educators and major educational thoughts in different periods, and also know the time and significance of major educational reforms or historical educational events in China, which is of great practical significance for us to learn this subject well and study education in depth.

Studying China's educational history can also let us get close to those famous educational thoughts and educators in history. By studying their educational thoughts, we can know their excellent qualities of initiative, studiousness and assiduousness from their life stories. For example, after studying Confucius' educational thought, I understand that learning should be learning and thinking, learning from time to time, seeking truth from facts and pretending to understand. In addition, we can learn how to become a qualified educator from their educational thoughts.