An Overview of Ming Dynasty Beijing Local School Construction and Personnel Status—Centered Around Local Records References
Ming Dynasty Beijing local school construction was relatively comprehensive,fully covering fu,zhou,and county schools within the region,and also included schools such as defense school,military school,Yin Yang school,medical school,community school,and academies.A few of these schools were inherited from former generations,but most of them were established during Ming Dynasty.The construction of fu,zhou,and county schools was relatively complete and comprehensive,with many cases of reconstruction.Other schools were relatively smaller in scale,there were cases in preservation or deserted.The number of lecturers and students of Shuntian Fu School was larger than in other fu schools,while there were cases of understafiing for instructors in zhou and county schools.Jiansheng and Suigongsheng were the main lecturers,and laborers were commonly dismissed during the Reign of Wanli.Yin Yang schools,medical schools,and community schools were once commonly established but were poorly developed.The construction of academies was at fairly low level nationwide.The Wanli period was the pinnacle of Beijing region school development The newly construction and reconstruction of schools of various kinds,while representing the pattern of Ming Dynasty education,also reflected the real situation of joint efforts of officials of various kinds and various groups of local community in pushing forward local affairs.