在中国,知识分子的雏形,按照传说可追溯到五帝时代,如黄帝任命仓颉造字、命大挠作甲子、命容成作天球仪和历书,舜帝令禹治水、益开山泽等。这些在统治者身边记言记事、掌管图籍、制定法律的“史”以及从事文化教育、工程技术、制作器物的人,可称为中国知识分子的鼻祖。周朝兴起学校,选优秀之民入校深造,按不同的文化程度分 In China, the embryonic form of the intellectuals can be traced back to the era of the Five Emperors, such as the appointment of the Cijian by the Yellow Emperor, the execution of the Great Patriarchs and the appointment of the Great Hall of the Earth as the celestial globe and calendar books. These people who remember memos, control the books, make laws, and engage in culture, education, engineering and production of artifacts around the rulers can be called the earliest ancestors of Chinese intellectuals. The rise of the Zhou Dynasty school, selected outstanding people into the school, according to different levels of education