HEFEI, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Confucius is said to have started the tradition of private education in China, while Wen Weng, another ancient educator, is known to have founded the country's first ...

5 fast facts about Ancient China. Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.

A year-long global commemoration of Liu Hui, a prominent figure in ancient Chinese mathematics, kicked off in Paris on Tuesday local time. ... the ultimate goal of education," Chen noted.