In the ninth year of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhu Dong, governor of Tanzhou, followed suit and expanded Yuelu Academy.

In the eighth year of Northern Song Dynasty, Song Zhenzong summoned the Zhou family in Shanchang and awarded Yuelu Academy, which became one of the four major academies in China.

In the third year of Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu visited Zhang Qian, which was the first of its kind, and formed an academic tradition of taking it as the research object.

Yuan inherited the Song system, the academy continued to develop, and the articles of association became more and more perfect. However, due to the war at the end of Yuan Dynasty, the academy was destroyed by the war.

During the Xuande period of Ming Dynasty, the main building of Yuelu Academy was repaired and expanded many times by local officials such as Chen Gang, Yang Maoyuan, Wang Tao and Wu Shizhong, and concentrated on the central axis for the first time. The main shaft extends to the west bank of Xiangjiang River and then to the top of Yuelu Mountain. With pavilions, a Confucian temple was built on one side of the central axis, forming a landscape in the history of Yuelu Academy. The pavilions set each other off and the mountains and rivers blend together. The three functions of giving lectures, collecting books and offering sacrifices have been fully restored and developed, laying the basic pattern of existing buildings. In the Ming Dynasty, the study of Yuelu was still based on Zhu Zhixue.

During the period of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty, Wang Yangming and his disciples came here to give lectures and spread psychology. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the academic tradition of Yuelu Academy was re-developed by Gao Shitai, a lecturer of Lindong School.

After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, in order to praise Yuelu's achievements in running a school, the court awarded him the titles of "Learning to Heaven" and "Learning to the South", and presented a book, listing Yuelu Academy as a provincial capital academy. With the strong support of the government, the scale of running a school has been further expanded. Yuelu Academy in Qing Dynasty mainly taught Neo-Confucianism and Chinese Studies.

During the light years of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Rongguang founded Xiangshui School classroom in the Academy, making it an important place for Sinology research. In the late Qing Dynasty, the ideological trend of reform and reform rose, and academies began to spread new learning.

In the 23rd year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty, Hunan Current Affairs School was founded, and later it was renamed as an academy and Hunan University Hall.