<Articles>The Establishment of the Academy of Scholarly Worthies 集賢院 during the Yuan Dynasty

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  • <論説>元代集賢院の設立
  • 元代集賢院の設立
  • ゲンダイ シュウケンイン ノ セツリツ

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This essay examines the understudied Academy of Scholarly Worthies (集賢院) of the Yuan period, with an emphasis on its formative period during the Zhiyuan (至元1264-95) reign. It analyzes in detail the circumstance and personalities related to the Academy's establishment, its functions, as well as its relation to other administrative organs. Previous studies have stressed the court's desire to institutionally link Daosim with political power in the establisment of the Academy. However, it was also intended as a means to recruit men useful to political authorities. While the Academy's function, incluing its supervision over educational institutions and its influence over other institutions, changed gradually according to the various directives of the imperial family and other administrative organs, they all can be understood in terms of the original intention behind the founding of the Academy. Further whether considered from the perspective of personal selection or the supervision of Daoism and education, the fact that the Academy was established late during the Zhiyuan reign, when the Monglols finally extended control over the Jiangnan region, makes clear the Academy's strong links to the newly ascendant Jiangnan (江南) region. It is vital to pay due consideration to the fact that recruiting officials, the Yuan dynasty used a variety of institutional means to complement the examination systems.

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  • 史林

    史林 83 (3), 457-485, 2000-05-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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