The Imperial Academy ( vi, Quốc Tử Giám, vi-hantu, 國子監) was the national academy during the Nguyễn dynasty. It was located inside the

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History

After the unification of Vietnam, Emperor Gia Long decided to move the capital from Hanoi to Huế. Following this decision, in 1803, a new Confucian academy was built in order to replace the Lê dynasty's Quốc Tử giám.Phan Thuan An, p. 150 The first academy, called Đốc Học đường, was a small block of buildings located at An Ninh Thượng village, Hương Trà district, some 5 kilometres east of

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. It stood next to a

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(Confucian academy). By March 1820, emperor Minh Mạng changed the academy name into Quốc Tử Giám (Imperial Academy) and had the buildings rebuilt. He also expanded the academy by building the Di Luân Palace which consisted of one teaching hall, two teaching rooms and 19 classrooms.Phan Thuan An, p. 150-151 Under the reign of emperor

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, the academy was enlarged again. The emperor had a wall built around the academy and visit the academy by himself. Tự Đức also built a stone stele which contains his commandments for students. In 1904, Imperial Academy of Huế was badly damaged by a hurricane but was repaired soon after. In 1908, under the reign of emperor

Duy Tân Emperor Duy Tân (, vi-hantu, 維新, lit. "renovation"; 19 September 1900 – 26 December 1945), born Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh San, was the 11th emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam, who reigned for nine years between 1907 and 1916. Early ch ...

, the Imperial Academy of Huế was moved into

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(its present location). Almost all buildings was completely rebuilt except the Di Luân Palace. In 1945, following the fall of Nguyễn dynasty, the academy was permanently closed.

References

Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Imperial Academy Of Hue 19th-century mosques Buildings and structures in Huế Confucianism in Vietnam School buildings completed in 1803