What are the four academies in the Northern Song Dynasty? What were the four academies in the early Northern Song Dynasty?

1. The four academies in the Northern Song Dynasty were Hengyang Shigu Academy, Jiangxi Lushan Bailudong Academy, Hunan Changsha Yuelu Academy and Henan Shangqiu Yingtian Academy.

2. Academy is an ancient educational institution in China, which first appeared in Lizheng Academy in Wei Zi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty.

3. The formal education system was founded by Zhu and developed in Song Dynasty.

4. At that time, wealthy businessmen and scholars raised their own funds to build study rooms in secluded places in the mountains, or bought school fields to collect rent to supplement their funds.