Exploring the Teaching Activities of the College of the Southern Song Dynasty

Song Dynasty had been content to retain sovereignty over a part of the country which was Jiangnan,then academies and the development of Neo-Confucianism had been also moved south.The scholars of NeoConfucianism,such as Zhang Shi,Zhu Xi,Lu Jiuyuan,Lu Zuqian,who Devoted themselves to study and spread of Neo-Confucianism in academies.Their activities made culture of academy very active.Lu Zuqian and Zhu Xi started to promulgate the rules of study firstly,as well as established three educational goals of pursuing aboveboard character and changing new for the old,teaching truth to extend masses,and turning out a good scholar to be a official.Except that they taught student knowledge,they valued practical daily experience and preparations of Imperial examination.Teaching methods were worth mentioning,for exempla,they sacrificed worthies regularly to encourage students,while recorded grade as usual and put students to different classes according to different interests.The common of mode of instruction was in a high podium,students could ask questions in class in time,they were unrestricted of areas or family background.Those famous scholars took their students to other academies study and communicate.Such as Zhu Xi went to Yuelu College and visited Lu Jiuyuan.Zhu Xi,Lu Zuqian and Lu Jiuyuan shared with their thought in Erhu.Then Lu Jiuyuan called on Zhu Xi in Bailudong college.They contributed for teaching activity of college,and pointed out the direction for posterity.