At that time, the social functions of Bailudong Academy, Yuelu Academy, Yingtianfu Academy, Songyang Academy, Shigu Academy and Maoshan Academy were particularly obvious, which also marked the formation of Song Academy as an educational system.
Bailudong Academy is the most famous in Song Dynasty. Bailudong Academy is located in Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi Province. This academy was awarded Confucian classics by the imperial court in the early Song Dynasty, and it is already very famous.
Zhu, a master of Neo-Confucianism in the Southern Song Dynasty, often went to the academy to give lectures, and wrote "Revealing Bailudong Academy" as the academic rule of the academy. After Neo-Confucianism became the official philosophy, Bailudong Academy became famous for its obvious symbolic significance in Neo-Confucianism education.
In addition to Zhu, famous scholars in Song Dynasty, such as Zhang Wei, Lu Jiuyuan, also gave lectures in the academy, which combined the academy with education and academics, brought academic prosperity and completed the integration of the academy and academics.
The academy system in the Song Dynasty gradually matured and improved, and the academy system of free lectures, academic research and debate on issues was also fully formed. It is particularly important to clearly put forward the unique educational purpose of the academy, separate the academy from the official school district, and oppose the academy becoming a vassal of science, so that the academy can become a place to train useful talents who can preach, teach and help others. However, due to the official support for the academy, it also brought some official influence.