[Beijing traveling] Beijing Imperial Academy

In Beijing's Northeast corner, some ancient Cheng Xian the street, in its population place and, is standing erect 4 complete street decorative archways, resplendent in gold and jade green. The people enter this ancient street, may see on by far the decorative archway three very large Jin Zi “the Imperial Academy”.

The Imperial Academy is the Yuan, bright, the clear three generation of national highest school, founds in Yuan Dade ten years (130 years). The beginning of Ming dynasty said that “the Peking county study”, the Yunglo two years (140 years), duplicate renames the Imperial Academy. The building is facing south, in the axle the distribution has the Jixian gate, the Imperial College gate, to ward off the harmony, a Yi roentgen hall, a respect pavilion and so on, the architectural composition is quite fastidious.

Enters in the person school courtyard the front door--The Imperial College gate, then saw that a magnificent magnificent colored glaze memorial arch, the south side inscription is “the celestial body bridge teaches Ze”, the northern side inscription is “study the sea festival view”. A main hall Yi roentgen hall, is the large ceremonial hall which the imperial academy students will say, emperor will come when the Imperial Academy lecture in here seating. In the thing two porches have room 33, to suppose respectively supervise “six halls”: East for the might as well, sincere, honors the wisdom, west to cultivate oneself according to religious doctrine, justly, broad industry, is the imperial academy student classroom. Thing both sides also have 4 halls: East for standard book, rope qian, west for ancient book, abundant, in is supervises is in charge of the copy clerk, the discipline, the books, the teaching office.

In the Imperial Academy has the thirteen classics to engrave stele altogether 190, original place in thing six halls, county located at the Imperial Academy and in Confucian temple avenue. On the stele engraves the thirteen classics include: "the Book of Change", "Shangshu", "Poetry", "Zhou rite", , , , , , , , altogether 630,000 characters. The Confucian classics spends 12 year writing by Jiang Heng to become. Emperor Qianlong assigns and kun Liu Yong examines Jiang for the vice-arrangement to weigh the book Confucian classics and to begin construction primarily to carve. This thirteen classics carve in the Qianlong year, therefore is called “the Qianlong Confucian classics carved on stone”.

The Imperial Academy first sacrifice liquor is the Yuan Dynasty renowned principle scientist permits the graduated arm, at that time had the student 200 people. The student who studies in here calls “the imperial academy student”, approximately three kind of origins: First, selects the proper way imperial academy student from throughout the land scholar, does to this further pursues advanced studies; Second, the foreign student, comes from Korea, to flaunt approximately patrols, hands over the foot, Russia and so on; Third, “contributes the jail”, enrolls the imperial academy student, so long as pays in full the money, can receive “the jail to illuminate”, is the imperial academy student.

600 year ago three face the highest school, now constructs still, changed the capital library. Spacious courtyard, towering copal, flowers and trees onion long, simple and elegant lonesome and quiet, has provided the good learning environment for the contemporary scholar.