Official Learning and Academy in Song Dynasty

The official school system in Song Dynasty basically inherited the system in Tang Dynasty. Imperial College (Ministry of Education) has the following schools:

1. Guo Zi school (aristocratic school) accepts bureaucratic children above grade seven.

2. Imperial College London, recruiting officials below grade eight and children of Shu Ren.

3. Law

4. Calligraphy

5. Mathematics

6. Medicine

7. Wushu (Military Academy) was established in Song Renzong.

8. Painting (Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in Song Huizong period, and it is divided into figures, landscapes, flowers and trees, birds and animals, and houses.

In the Song Dynasty, imperial examinations were more important than schools. Ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty proposed to promote learning three times, including Li Qing of Fan Zhongyan, Yuanfeng of Wang Anshi and Song Huizong of Cai Jing.

Wang Anshi is the most effective person to promote learning. He revised and compiled a new textbook, and changed the five classics in the early Song Dynasty into three classics: The Book of Songs, Shangshu and Zhouguan. He opposes tedious chapters and emphasizes righteousness.

Compared with official schools, the most famous private schools in Song Dynasty developed on the basis of "Jingshe" in Han Dynasty and "Guan Xue" in Tang Dynasty, forming a famous academy in Northern Song Dynasty.

1. Bailudong Academy in Lushan, Jiangxi (a school founded by Li Shanchang in Southern Tang Dynasty). )

2. Yuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan (Zhudong, Tanzhou Taishou, founded in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty. )

3. Shigu Academy in Hengyang, Hunan Province (where Li Kuan studied in the Tang Dynasty), Li Shizhen built the academy in the former site from the Northern Song Dynasty to Daoguang-year. )

4. Henan Dengfeng Songyang Academy (founded in the late Zhou Dynasty and named Taishi Academy in the early Northern Song Dynasty). )

5. Yingtianfu Academy in Shangqiu, Henan Province (built by Cao Cheng, a citizen of northern Song Zhenzong) was later donated to the government. )

6. Maoshan Academy in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province (built by Renzong in the Northern Song Dynasty). )

Most university teachers are "celebrities and scholars", and students don't ask about their origins. Therefore, it has widely attracted students from all walks of life. He made outstanding contributions to the development of ancient academic culture in China.

Academy has its unique teaching characteristics:

1. Combining education with research, a college is often the academic center of a school, and some college textbooks have become later academic works.

2. Different schools often carry out academic exchanges, seek common ground while reserving differences, and make friends by writing.

3. Encourage young talents by rewarding underachievers.

4. Read not only classics, but also literature and history, both ancient books and contemporary works.

5. Emphasize innovation, encourage independent thinking, and pay attention to the combination of learning and doing.

6. Advocate cross-examination between teachers and students, and admire the spirit of questioning.

? The college has strict study regulations, which require students to study, live, behave and behave:

We must be strict with the forward-looking tool, and we want to order it in the morning. Live respectfully, stand upright, see and hear, speak carefully, look dignified, dress neatly, eat and drink frugally, go in and out in moderation, study single-mindedly, keep a few cases clean and tidy, and keep the classroom clean. Leisure time is suitable for study and entertainment.

These rules still have a positive impact on today's education.