1, Hengyang Shigu Academy: Located in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, it was founded in the Tang Dynasty and was one of the four major academies in China at that time. The college integrates teaching, learning and research, mainly studies the subset of Confucian classics and history, takes moral and ethical education as the core, and aims to train senior officials and management talents.
2. Bailudong Academy in Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi Province: Located in Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, it is one of the largest and most influential academies in the history of China. The academy takes erudition, interrogation, careful thinking and discernment as its educational philosophy, aiming at cultivating knowledgeable, versatile and noble-minded talents.
3. Yuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan: Located in Changsha, Hunan, it is one of the famous academies in the history of China and one of the earliest folk education institutions in China. The academy takes loyalty and filial piety as its educational concept and takes poetry and calligraphy as its inheritance, aiming at cultivating cultural talents of loyalty and filial piety.
4. Yingtian Academy in Shangqiu, Henan Province: Located in Shangqiu City, Henan Province, it was founded at the end of the Jin Dynasty and was one of the four major academies in China at that time. The college focuses on studying Confucian classics and aims to train senior officials and management talents.
Characteristics of four academies in Northern Song Dynasty;
1. Attach importance to the study of Confucian classics, teach and develop the theory of Confucian classics, and teach Confucian classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics.
It is not only an educational institution, but also a center for the exchange of ideas and the promotion of knowledge.
3. Combine teaching with scientific research, attach importance to academic research and learning quality, and advocate learning innovation.
4. Keep close contact with the people, attract students from all over the world, and promote culture and art such as calligraphy, painting and poetry.
5. Pay attention to humanistic spirit and cultural accomplishment: The four academies all pay attention to cultivating students' cultural accomplishment and humanistic spirit, and emphasize the inheritance and development of human civilization.
6. Pay attention to moral education and moral education: The Fourth Academy not only pays attention to imparting knowledge, but also pays more attention to students' moral education and moral cultivation, emphasizing Confucianism of self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world.
7. Advocating an open and inclusive academic atmosphere: All four academies advocate an open and inclusive academic atmosphere, encourage students to think and ask questions freely, and attract many scholars to give lectures and communicate.
8. Pay attention to practical application: The Fourth Hospital not only pays attention to imparting theoretical knowledge, but also pays attention to practical application. Students need to conduct on-the-spot investigation and practical operation to cultivate their hands-on ability and problem-solving ability.