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2 unusual facts about Donglin


Donglin

Donglin Academy, academy established in the Northern Song dynasty at present-day Wuxi in China

Donglin movement, ideological and philosophical movement of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties of China


Donglin Academy

In 1604, during the Wanli era, Gu Xiancheng (顧憲成 Gù Xiànchéng, (1550–1612), a Ming Grand Secretary, along with Gao Panlong (高攀龍 Gāo Pānlóng, 1562–1626), a scholar, with fellow scholars Qian Yiben(钱一本) and Yu Kongjian(余孔兼) restored the Donglin Academy on the same site with the financial backing of local gentry and officials from Changzhou state governor Ouyang Dongfeng(欧阳东风) and Wuxi county governor Linzai(林宰).


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