LEARN ABOUT THE STUDENTS IN THE PAST THROUGH THE DISPLAY OF QUỐC TỬ GIÁM - THE FIRST NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
“Giám sinh” was the name for the students at Quốc Tử Giám in the past. The display of Quốc Tử Giám - The first national university on the Eastern side of The Great Sanctuary with the documents and pictures helps viewers learn about the students of the first national university.
Since its establishment, the first national university opened to train excellent citizens with enough conditions to be students of Quốc Tử Giám.
Đến thời Trần, theo các tư liệu trưng bày, năm 1235, Triều Trần cho con em các văn quan vào học tại Quốc Tử Giám. Năm 1236, Vua Trần Thái Tông “cho Phạm ứng Thần làm Thượng thư tri Quốc Tử viện, đưa con em văn thần và tụng thần vào học”. Thời Trần, việc tuyển chọn Giám sinh được mở rộng cho các học trò ưu tú của các địa phương. Lệ Tập ấm (tuyển chọn con em quan lại) bắt đầu từ thời Trần. Thành phần học trò Quốc Tử Giám ngày càng mở rộng.
According to the exposed documents, the mandarins and their families studied at Quốc Tử Giám in 1235 under the reign of the Trần dynasty. At this time, the education system widened to select the excellent students of Quốc Tử Giám.
Go along the wall of ages to the introduction of Quốc Tử Giám under Lê - Mạc dynasty, the documents, and artifacts showing that the student collected from plenty of sources at that time. “Giám sinh” were those who the mandarins’ children or successful candidates picked from the national exam. In 1484, “Giám sinh” was selected seriously and separated into 3 ranks: high, medium, and low.
The minimum time of study was 3 years. The students almost self-studied and had to take major exams every quarter to estimate the students’ abilities. Every student made a good achievement, listed by the mandarins to appoint them as needed. In the exam held in 1721, there were 3000 candidates and 25 successful doctors between them. 13 of whom were students in the first national university. In the exam held in 1739, there were only 8 successful doctors, half of whom were students of Quốc Tử Giám.
Here, the tourist could see the ancient uniform and study tools of Giám sinh that showed the simple life of students. The necessary study tools for students were a bush pen, ink slab, traditional paper, and pipe of paper.
The restored printing wooden block
The information
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The clothes of the student
The book carriage
Translator: BP
