本书吸取近年来中国教育史研究的新成果、新观点，遵照马克思关于人类社会是一个自然历史过程的思想，把中国教育史看做一个相对独立的历史过程，将中国教育史划分为古代、近代和现代三大阶段，其中将中国古代教育史分为古代教育的缘起、奠基、鼎盛、调整、衰落五个历史时期，从而对中国教育史的章节结构做了较大的调整。本书每个章节分别论述各个历史时期中国教育的发展状况。

This book draws on the new achievements and new viewpoints of the research on the history of education in China in recent years, follows Marx's idea that human society is a natural historical process, regards the history of Chinese education as a relatively independent historical process, divides the history of Chinese education into three major stages: ancient, modern and modern, and divides the history of ancient Chinese education into five historical periods: the origin, foundation, prosperity, adjustment and decline of ancient education, thus making a major adjustment to the chapter structure of the history of Chinese education. Each chapter of this book discusses the development of education in China in various historical periods.（AI翻译）