Academy for the White Deer Grotto
The Academy for the White Deer Grotto ( Chinese 白鹿洞 书院 , Pinyin Báilù dòng shūyuàn , W.-G. Pai-lu-tung shu-yüan , English White Deer Cave Academy / White Deer Grotto Academy or 白鹿书院 , Báilù shūyuàn ) or Bailudong Academy in the Lu Shan Mountains is located in the area of the independent city of Lushan in the independent city of Jiujiang in the southern Chinese province of Jiangxi .
It was the most famous of the Four Great Academies of Ancient China, and it was held in high regard in Chinese educational history. Li Bo (773-831), the famous scholar from the time of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), studied and lived at the now well-preserved academy . The academy was revived and expanded by Zhu Xi (1130-1200), the scholar of Neoconfucianism , during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). It enjoyed the fame of an important educational center in ancient Chinese culture for several centuries.
It has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (3–74) since 1988 .
gallery
White deer grotto
Zhu Xi bronze statue
Zhu Xi Temple
Zhou Dunyi bronze statue
literature
- John W. Chaffee: Chu Hsi and the Revival of the White Deer Grotto Academy, 1179-1181. In: T'oung Pao . LXXI, 1985.
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Lushan's homepage: Bailudong Academy
- ↑ These include: Yuelu Academy , White Deer Grotto Academy , Songyang Academy (or Shigu Academy ) and Yingtianfu Academy .
Coordinates: 29 ° 31 ' N , 116 ° 2' E