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

*''Chinese'': 国学 ''(guóxué)'',　国子監 ''(guózǐjiàn)'', 國子學 ''(Guózǐxué)''

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.

The National Academy, also known as the Imperial Academy or by a variety of other English translations, was the chief educational institution in Imperial China. Existent in various forms since the [[Sui Dynasty]] or perhaps even the [[Jin Dynasty]],<ref name=toankan>''Ryûkyû kokuô hyôbun sôhon ten'' 琉球国王表文奏本展, Okinawa Prefectural Archives (2000), 10-11.</ref> it was originally known as the ''Guóxué'', and later came to be known as ''Guózǐjiàn''. In the [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] and [[Qing Dynasty|Qing Dynasties]] in particular, those who passed the provincial-level [[Chinese imperial examinations|imperial examinations]] (known as ''jǔrén'') were able to enter the ''Guózǐjiàn'' to study for the metropolitan and palace level exams, in order to earn the ''jìnshì'' degree. A small number of students and scholars from [[Ryukyuan students in China|Ryûkyû]], Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Siam studied at the National Academy as well; only the Ryukyuan students, however, had a separate section of the Academy (known as the ''Liúqiú guānxué'') dedicated for their use.<ref name=toankan/>

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

A [[Confucius|Confucian]] temple was located nearby, in accordance with the Chinese tradition of ''Zuǒ miào yòu xué'' ("to the left, [Confucian] temple; to the right, academy"). Students visited here twice a month.<ref name=toankan/>

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==References==

==References==

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

*Benjamin Elman, A Cultural History of Civil Examinations in Late Imperial China, University of California Press (2000), 144-145.  

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