In ancient China, many children never got a chance to go to school. With the Han dynasty 206 B.C. 220 A.D., the emperor paid for free education. Only boys were allowed to study They typically used to start school when they were about six years old, and there was one teacher for the whole school. There weren't any math or science lessons. Students learned to read and write, and they used to memorize pages of the great Chinese philosopher Confucius