国子监

heritage - Pékin

The Beijing Guozijian, also known as the Imperial Academy or College, was China's national university during the late Yuan, late Ming, and Qing dynasties, and the last guozijian of China. Located beside the Beijing Confucian Temple on Guozijian Street in Andongmen Subdistrict, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, the Guozijian was established under the Yuan but most of its present buildings date to the Ming dynasty. Like earlier guozijians, it was principally devoted to memorization and explication of the Confucian classics until the very end of the Qing when, during the Hundred Days' Reform, most of its…