The education for princes in Song Dynasty had had a long history. However, it was not particularly special compared to other types of education since the time of Song Ren Tzong. Nevertheless, as a result of the prolonged and problematic process of crowning for Song shau Tzong, the education for princes in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty started to play a significant role in the Southern Song dynasty. Song Shau Tzong, who was originally referred to as Bo Cong, used to be the grandson seven times removed of Song Tay Tzuu. On account of Song Gau Tzong's only son's death, Song Shau Tzong, as well as Bo Jiu, had the chance to enter the palace, and to become adopted sons to Song Gau Tzong. Song Shau Tzong was constantly cautious and dealt with everything with discretion. With his long-term obedience towards Song Gau Tzong, the respect that he had towards his teachers, his industrious attitude in learning, his high self-disciplinary, as well as many other behaviors of his after having reached adulthood, he certainly impressed Song Gau Tzong. Song Shau Tzong was neither particularly good-looking, nor brilliant intelligent when he first entered the palace. Nonetheless, after having received the long-term education, he transformed into an extremely bright young man. He was tested by Song Gau Tzong for two times, and then was selected as the crown prince in the 30th Shawshing year. The education for the crown prince in the time of Shawshing lasted 27 years, which started from the 5th Shawshing year to the June in the 32nd Shawshing year, when Song Shau Tzong received Shou Chan. The prime minister Chao Ding established “Ci Shan Tang”in the palace, and appointed Fan Chong and Chu Cheng as the “Li Shan”and “Can Du”. Those two people were the very best scholars of the time. After them, the people who taught in“Ci Shan Tang”were also referred to as “Li Shan”“Can Du”“teachers”“Hsiao Xueh Professors”,and “Chi Jiang”. There were no regulations regarding the selection of teachers. The amount of erudition, as well as the moral character, was the first two qualities that Song Gau Tzong would consider,for dignity and faithfulness were also very important characters. In spite of this, amongst the 31 teachers in the time of Shawshing, more than one third were actually chosen through the intervention of Kuay Chyn. Song Gau Tzong began the princes' education by requiring them to respect their teachers. He believed that through “She Bai”the respects for the teachers would be estabished, which would give the teachers the authority, and thus the students would be easier to teach. Therefore, Song Shau Tzong was trained to respect the teachers at a young age, and the respect had transformed into obedience. The obedience towards the teachers then strengthened the obedience towards Song Gua Tzong, and then the function of education started to become influential, which was main goal for Song Gau Tzong's education for the princes. According to the changes of Bo Cong's promotion to a prince, the education for princes could be divided into three stages: 1.the time of Jian Guo Gong; 2.the time of Pu An Provincial Emperor; 3. the time of Jian Wang. Apart from learning from topics on “benevolence and righteousness”,“running countries of the past and the present”and “articles on morality”, there were also unofficial occasional educations included in the education for princes. As long as a matter is somewhat related to the princes, the teachers were allowed to provide referencing opinions, which had always brought crucial effects at critical moments. Shi Hao,for instance, provided his opinions regarding things in many critical moments, and had virtually facilitated the crowing of Song Shau Tzong. Amongst the several tens of people who taught the princes, quite a few of them were trusted and appointed of important positions by Song Shau Tzong. In particular, Chen Jun-ching and Shi Hao were appointed as the “Prime Minister”,and they made a lot of contributions. Huang Jhong was promoted to “Bing Bu Shang Shu”,Wang Gang-jhung was entrusted with matters in “Shu Mi Yuan”,Chian Chou-cai was appointed the “Chao Yi Da Fu”,Liu Chang-chuan was the “Li Bu Shang Shu”and “Gei Shi Jhong”,Chang Shan became the “Gong Bu Shang Shu”, Wang Shi-peng was appointed the “Shi Yu Shi,and had been the reeve of many places. Song Shau Tzong treated these people courteously; indicating that he never forgot about the nurtures and teachings these people provided him. These people,on the other hand, had not put Song Shau Tzong down; they contributed the government of Song Shau Tzong with their intelligence and talents.