Talk:Academies of Classical Learning

I've had a great deal of trouble with this article. The Chinese Wikipedia article is extremely brief and the Japanese Wikipedia article, while better, is still rather sketchy. I later incorporated information from various sites on the Internet, which led to more and more illogicalities in the chronology. Only after a careful examination of dates and various sources did it become clear that the Four Great Academies of the Song belonged to the Northern Song, and that Zhu Xi's revival of the White Deer Grotto Academy came after a period of decline (I was confused by the organisation of the Japanese article). At any rate, I hope that the article as it stands now longer purveys falsehoods, even if it still leaves a lot to be desired. Bathrobe 04:57, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Academies (China) does not equal to Shuanyuan. In ancient times there was Guoxue(Such as Taixue, Gouzijian), which was imperial school, the nation's central university, the highest institution of learning of China. There were thousands of Shuyuan(more than 7,000) in China, and the degree of them varied from one to another. Many of them can be regarded as secondary level. Only those advanced Shuyuan can be classified as higher institutions of learning. Now there are many more kinds of academies in China. So the article needs to use a proper title, e.g., used Shuyuan directly, or Academies (Shuyuan).-Acedulog 10:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)