During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the music education thoughts of the great sage Confucius were based on his music practice and then elaborated on his music education propositions.

Confucius believed that music has a powerful political role and strengthening function, and emphasized that music can improve social customs.

Confucius ran his own school with 3,000 disciples. Music education played a very important role in his education. All this shows that music institutions were developed at that time, and Confucius even saw the social function of music.