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 fostering folk customs and shaping 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—originating in the Tang Dynasty, flourishing in the Song Dynasty, continuing through the Yuan Dynasty, and becoming widely popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It emphasizes the cultural and phased features of colleges and pays attention to introducing typical colleges from each period, integrating points, lines, and planes organically 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 book is written in concise and fluent language, with clear emphasis and easy-to-understand content, making it a highly academic and accessible introductory read.