About a thousand years ago in the Song Dynasty of China, the emperor and the court paid great attention to the cultivation of talents. They regularly held imperial examinations to select talents who will serve for the national government. In order to train enough young students to take the imperial examinations, the court ordered to construct schools in all cities. National and local finances are involved in the construction and management of the school. These expenses include building school architectures, raising students, paying teachers and purchasing fees, arranging student banquets, sending local school students to capital city to take exams, as well as living expenses after their arriving in the capital city. The importance attached by the imperial court to education in the Song Dynasty is still worth learning from even today.

Liu Fang. The Expenditure of the Imperial Courton the Local Schools in the Song Dynasty. International Journal of New Developments in Engineering and Society (2019) Vol.3, Issue 5: 208-212. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDES.030525.

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