傳統東亞地區的士人，其學習過程是透過字書而認識漢字，乃至漢音，然後習讀童蒙教材(如《千字文》、《蒙求》等)，再由《孝經》、《論語》入手，開始接觸儒家經典以及史書等。這種情形，其實也是中國自漢朝以來一般士人的學習過程。隨著東亞地區的政治、文化交流，使這個地區的教育事業，由私學到官學，逐漸呈現共相。這個共相，簡單說，就是儒教主義的教養。於是傳統東亞地區，以中國文化為媒介，自成一個歷史世界。

In traditional East Asia, education generally proceeded from preschool books such as Thousand Words, to the Classic of Filial Piety, the Analects and other Confucian classics. Such a pedagogic procedure was first put into practice in Han China, and became common in East Asia as a whole. All private as well as official education in East Asia shared this procedure in common. The philosophical foundation of this education with East Asian character was Confucianism.

養老令；大學寮；扃堂；花郎；廟學

Edict during the reign of Yoro；imperial university；village cultural center；local young elite；temple schools