白鹿洞书院

白鹿洞書院

Báilùdòng Shūyuàn

proper noun

Meanings

1 White Deer Grotto Academy, old academy at the foot of Mount Lu in Jiangxi, one of the Four Great Academies of the Song

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Examples

HSK 7-9

白鹿洞书院是宋代的四大书院之一。

Báilùdòng Shūyuàn shì Sòngdài de sìdà shūyuàn zhīyī.

White Deer Grotto Academy was one of the Four Great Academies of the Song.

HSK 7-9

朱熹为白鹿洞书院定下的学规，后来被很多书院采用。

Zhū Xī wèi Báilùdòng Shūyuàn dìngxià de xuéguī, hòulái bèi hěnduō shūyuàn cǎiyòng.

The rules Zhu Xi drew up for White Deer Grotto Academy were later adopted by many academies.

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history

朱熹 rebuilt it in 1179 while prefect of the district, lectured there and wrote its rules, which put the five Confucian relationships first. They became the model for academies across China and were also studied in Korea and Japan.

usage

The site itself is 白鹿洞; with 书院 "academy" it names the school.

Stroke Order

白 bái

鹿 lù

洞 dòng

书 shū

院 yuàn