The name goes back to the Tang scholar 李渤, who studied here with a tame white deer. The academy, 白鹿洞书院, was counted among the Four Great Academies of the Song; 朱熹 rebuilt it in 1179 and wrote its rules.
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王贞白's poem 《白鹿洞二首》 is the source of 一寸光阴一寸金, 'an inch of time is an inch of gold'. Not to be confused with 白鹿原, the plain near Xi'an.
