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*''Chinese'': 国学 ''(guóxué)'' 国子監 ''(guózǐjiàn)''

The National Academy, also known as the Imperial Academy or by a variety of other English translations, was the chief educational institution in [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] and [[Qing Dynasty]] [[Beijing]]. A small number of [[Ryukyuan students in China|Ryukyuan students]] from the scholar-aristocracy of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] studied there as well.

Known earlier as the ''Guóxué'', it later came to be known as ''Guózǐjiàn''.

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==References==
*Benjamin Elman, A Cultural History of Civil Examinations in Late Imperial China, University of California Press (2000), 144.

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