In the Spring and Autumn Period, the advanced Analects of Confucius used "disciples" instead of "students". "Ji Kangzi asked:' Who is the disciple who wants to learn?' Confucius said,' Those who have Yan Hui are eager to learn.' ""Teachers don't have to be superior to disciples, and disciples don't have to be inferior to teachers. The word "disciple" is also used in Han Yu's Shi Shuo.
During the Warring States period, the word bachelor was used to refer to students. Etiquette and Mourning: "Doctors and bachelors respect their ancestors."
The words "apprentice", "student" and "student" appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty, all of which mean "student". "The Biography of Zheng Xuan in the Later Han Dynasty": "Zi Xuan has been studying abroad for more than ten years, and has returned to his hometown. The poor family has cultivated Donglai, and hundreds of people are accompanying him." "The Biography of Kou Xun in the Later Han Dynasty": "I am eager to learn, but I am a native school and a student." Sun Zhuan: "I would like to recruit Johnson Lu disciples, and I would like to become attached to them." Some words have been used in the Tang Dynasty. For example, Han Yu's "Learning Solution": "Enter imperial academy in the morning, enroll students and set up a library."
In the Tang Dynasty, "students" were also called "students". During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, anyone who passed the examinations at all levels in this province and was admitted to the generalist of official studies, state studies and county studies was often called Zhu Sheng in the article.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, "student" was also called "apprentice". Chen Shidao's "Two Poems Written by Hu Shi" says: "Three thousand disciples were famous for forty years."
There are also learning, artist, Confucian scholar, disciple, scholar, late student and waiter, all of which are nicknames for students.
In the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the students who took the scholar exam were called "Confucians", "Wen Zi" and "Tong Sheng". Students in government, state and county schools are called "scholars" and "scholars".
Since the implementation of the class teaching system, the word "student" has been used to refer to people who have dropped out of school or studied in other educational research institutions.
It can be seen that the word "student" has experienced a complicated historical evolution process. Every dynasty has a different definition of students.