A Surviving Annual Expense Report of Yi-xue(义学,or charity school)in Xinjiang,late Qing Dynasty:A Preliminary View
An annual expense report of Yi-xue in Xinjiang,late Qing Dynasty is stored in the col-lection of the Archives of Gansu Province,which thoroughly outlines the information such as the geo-graphical distribution of Yi-xue in Xinjiang,salaries of the teachers employed,their identities,and the student demographics during the Guangxu era.This document also sheds light on the significance of Shu-tang(塾堂)in Yi-xue for the early education,which had played an indisputably vital role during the competition between the Yi-xue and the Jing-xue system over the educational dominance.The detailed re-cords of things such as the identities,names,and pays of the teachers in the document further provide concrete corroboration for the descriptions of the Yi-xue system in Xinjiang,late Qing dynasty in the his-toric texts.The previous understandings of the funding sources for Yi-xue can be testified by it as well.
Yi-xue in XinjiangDistribution of Shu-tang(塾堂)Shu-shi(塾师),Jian-sheng(监生)
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