Yuelu Academy
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The Yuelu Academy (also known as the Yuelu Academy of Classical Learning, traditional Chinese: 嶽麓書院; simplified Chinese: 岳麓书院; pinyin: Yuèlǔ Shūyuàn) is on the east side of Yuelu Mountain in Changsha, Hunan province, on the west bank of the Xiang River. As one of the four most prestigious academies over the last 1000 years in China, Yuelu Academy has been a famous institution of higher learning as well as a centre of academic activities and cultures since it was formally set up during the Northern Song Dynasty.[1][2] The academy was converted into the Hunan Institute of Higher Learning in 1903. It was later renamed Hunan Normal College, Hunan Public Polytechnic School, and finally Hunan University in 1926. Yuelu Academy was once a center of Confucian learning in China.[2][3]
嶽麓書院 | |
Other name | Yuelu Academy of Classical Learning |
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Type | Shuyuan |
Established | AD 976; 1048 years ago (976) 1903; 121 years ago (1903): Hunan Institute of Higher Learning 1926; 98 years ago (1926): Hunan University |
Affiliation | Confucianism |
Location | 28°11′02″N 112°56′08″E |