The First in Chinese History

Dynasty: Xia is the first dynasty, Qin is the first unified feudal empire
Emperor: Qin Shi Huang is the first to adopt the title of emperor, Liu Bang is the first commoner emperor
Women: Lü Zhi is the first woman to hold court regency, Fu Hao is the first female general, Wu Zetian is the only legitimate female emperor
Imperial Examinations: Sun Fuxi is the first documented top scholar, the imperial exam in the second year of Jiayou in the Northern Song was the top list of a thousand years, the last imperial exam was in the 30th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, abolished in 1905, the same year the first overseas student exam was held
Education: Jixia Academy was the first university in ancient times, Hongdu Men School was the first arts and literature college, Taixue was the first national central university
Classic Texts:
"Shuowen Jiezi" is the first dictionary, "Erya" is the first thesaurus, "Kangxi Dictionary" contains the most Chinese characters in ancient times (47,035), "Zhonghua Zihai" has 85,000 characters;
"Book of Songs" is the first poetry anthology, "Yun Yao Ji" is the first collection of lyrics, "Yongle Encyclopedia" is the first comprehensive encyclopedia, "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu is the first military treatise, "The Classic of Tea" is the first book on tea, "Huangdi Neijing" is the first medical book, "Qimin Yaoshu" is the first agricultural book;
"Records of the Grand Historian" is the first comprehensive historical record in annals and biographies, "Zizhi Tongjian" is the first chronologically arranged comprehensive history, "Guoyu" is the first history book in the annals and biographies style, "New History of the Five Dynasties" is the only history book written by a single author during the Song Dynasty