People would only feel like other qualifications had meaning by equating them to the old examination system. Under the reformed Qing school system, a primary school was to be established in each county and city, with a higher level academy in each provincial capital, and Jingshi University in Beijing, "says Feng.
無論什麼資格，他都要把它折合成為科舉的資格，心裡才落實」，馮友蘭說。按當時清廷所定的學校制度，在縣城裡設小學，在省城裡設高等學堂，在北京設京師大學堂。