Sīshú lǐ zhǐyǒu yí wèi xiānsheng hé shíjǐ ge xuésheng.
The old private school had only one teacher and a dozen or so pupils.
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Before modern schools spread in the early 20th century, children who studied at all mostly learned in a 私塾, reciting the 三字经 and the 四书 by heart under a single teacher.
