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::''Not to be confused with the [[Meirindo (Kaga)|institution by the same name]] in [[Kaga province]].''
*''Established: [[1718]], [[Tei Junsoku]]''
*''Japanese'': 明倫堂 ''(Meirindou)''
The Meirindô was the chief Confucian academy in [[Kumemura]], the center of Chinese learning in the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. Located on the grounds of the [[Shiseibyo|Kumemura Confucian temple]], and established by [[Tei Junsoku]] in [[1718]], it was the premier institution where young scholar-aristocrats studied for the [[Chinese imperial examinations|Confucian examinations]] which would help earn them official positions in government.
Education at the Meirindô focused on the [[Confucian classics|Four Books and Five Classics]] of the Neo-Confucian canon, and on the composition of formal documents for foreign relations.
The ''[[Kume soyaku|Kume sôyaku]]'', the top official overseeing the village, visited the school every three or four days (on the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 19th, 23rd, 26th, and 29th of each month) to supervise the instruction, and to offer encouragement to the students.<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Kei, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 248.</ref>
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
*''Established: [[1718]], [[Tei Junsoku]]''
*''Japanese'': 明倫堂 ''(Meirindou)''
The Meirindô was the chief Confucian academy in [[Kumemura]], the center of Chinese learning in the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. Located on the grounds of the [[Shiseibyo|Kumemura Confucian temple]], and established by [[Tei Junsoku]] in [[1718]], it was the premier institution where young scholar-aristocrats studied for the [[Chinese imperial examinations|Confucian examinations]] which would help earn them official positions in government.
Education at the Meirindô focused on the [[Confucian classics|Four Books and Five Classics]] of the Neo-Confucian canon, and on the composition of formal documents for foreign relations.
The ''[[Kume soyaku|Kume sôyaku]]'', the top official overseeing the village, visited the school every three or four days (on the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 19th, 23rd, 26th, and 29th of each month) to supervise the instruction, and to offer encouragement to the students.<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Kei, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 248.</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Ryukyu]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]