Jixia Academy, also known as Jixia learning. It is a government-run institution of higher learning of the Tian Qi State during the Warring States Period. It was built in the time of Tian Wu, Duke Huan of Qi. It is located near the Jimen Gate in Linzi, the capital of the State of Qi (now Zibo City, Shandong Province). ‘Ji’ is the name of a city gate in Linzi City, the capital of the State of Qi (now Zibo City, Shandong Province).
‘Jixia’ is near the Jimen Gate of Linzi City, the capital of the State of Qi. The monarch of the State of Qi established an academy here. Therefore, it is named ‘Jixia Academy’ because it is located near the Jimen Gate (this is the same origin as the name of ‘Hongdu Gate School’ in the Eastern Han Dynasty). Jixia Academy is the world’s first institution of higher learning in a special form sponsored by the government and presided over by private individuals. This rare and spectacular ‘contention of a hundred schools of thought’ in the history of Chinese academic thought is centered on the Jixia Academy of the State of Qi. The official learning is Huang-Lao learning. As the central garden for the contention of a hundred schools of thought at that time, it effectively promoted the formation of the situation of academic contention in the world.The specific business hours and opening status are subject to the opening situation on the day.
