The three levels of the school system happened to be the me number of levels as in the old imperial examination system: A person who passed the county level exam was a xiucai, one who passed at the provincial level was a juren, and at the central level one became a jinshi.
學校分這三級，恰好原來科舉功名也有三級：縣一級是秀才、省一級是舉人、中央一級是進士。