History of Chinese Academies

Author: Deng Hongbo
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
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Colleges were cultural and educational organizations for scholars in China. Since the Tang Dynasty, they have undergone over a thousand years of development, with their number once reaching over 7,000 across various provinces, regions, urban and rural areas. They have made significant contributions to the development of Chinese education, culture, academia, publishing, and book collection, as well as the cultivation of folk customs and the formation of national thinking habits and ethical concepts. The issue of colleges is currently attracting widespread attention from all sectors. This book is an academic monograph that comprehensively and systematically discusses the history of Chinese colleges. It takes the development of colleges as its main thread, elaborating on their general characteristics, which originated in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, continued into the Yuan Dynasty, and became widely popular during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It emphasizes the cultural and phased features of colleges and pays attention to introducing typical colleges from each period, combining points, lines, and planes organically to strive to reflect the close relationship between colleges and traditional Chinese culture, as well as the changes they underwent after the introduction of Western learning in modern times. The entire book is written in concise and fluent language, with clear focal points and is easy to understand, making it an academic introductory reading of high academic quality.