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  2. History of education in China - Wikipedia

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    The history of education in China began with the birth of the Chinese civilization.Nobles often set up educational establishments for their offspring. Establishment of the imperial examinations (advocated in the Warring States period, originated in Han, founded in Tang) was instrumental in the transition from an aristocratic to a meritocratic government.

  3. Taixue - Wikipedia

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    The university sat at the pinnacle of the hierarchical system with students advancing from level to level and from school to school based on examinations as well as teachers' recommendations. In 1106 a new "eight virtues" advancement path was introduced, with students recommended for their virtuous conduct spending one year in the prefectural ...

  4. Academies of Classical Learning - Wikipedia

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    In discussing the shuyuan, it is common to speak of the "Four Great Academies" (四大书院; sì-dà shū-yuàn) of ancient China. Usually the "Four Great Academies" refers to the Four Great Academies of the Northern Song. However, sources give a number of different lists, sometimes expanded to Six or Eight Great Academies.

  5. Chinese character education - Wikipedia

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    Chinese character education is the teaching and learning of Chinese characters. When written Chinese appeared in social communication, Chinese character teaching came into being. From ancient times to the present, the teaching of Chinese characters has always been the focus of Chinese language teaching. [1]

  6. Traditional Chinese timekeeping - Wikipedia

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    Since then, kè has been used as shorthand to talk about time in 1 ⁄ 8 of a double hour or 1 ⁄ 4 of a single hour. Their usage is similar to using "quarter hour" for 15 minutes or "half an hour" for 30 minutes in English. For example, 6:45 can be written as "6 diǎn, 3 kè" (六点 三 刻; 六點 三 刻).

  7. Xunzi (book) - Wikipedia

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    In order to attain a oneness with the Way, a dedication to morality, Xunzi argued for the guidance of a proper teacher: only this would allow one to become morally upright. A proper teacher would have been trained in the teachings of the ancient sage kings who saw that human nature was inherently immoral and thus wrong.

  8. Old Chinese - Wikipedia

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    予 *ljaʔ I 惟 *wjij BE 小 *sjewʔ small 子 *tsjəʔ child 予 惟 小 子 *ljaʔ *wjij *sjewʔ *tsjəʔ I BE small child 'I am a young person.' ("Great Announcement", Book of Documents) The negated copula *pjə-wjij 不 惟 is attested in oracle bone inscriptions, and later fused as *pjəj 非. In the Classical period, nominal predicates were constructed with the sentence-final particle ...

  9. Jixia Academy - Wikipedia

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    The Jixia Academy or Academy of the Gate of Chi [1] was a scholarly academy during the Warring States period. [1] It was located in Linzi , the capital of Qi (present-day Shandong ). The academy took its name from its position outside the city's western gate, [ 2 ] named for the harvest god Ji or Hou ji .