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Title:: The Status and Function of Changshuang School in Northern Wei Dynasty

Keywords:: Changshuang School; Emperor Taiwu’s promotion of education; state schools in Northern WeiDynasty

Abstract:: This paper is intended to examine the relationship between Changshuang School and EmperorTaiwu’s policy to promote education in the Northern Wei Dynasty, arguing that the school was essentially animperial college rather than a private one. The clarification of Changshuang School’s status can help us not onlydevelop a whole picture of the evolution of state schools sponsored by the government in the early NorthernWei Dynasty, but also better understand the changing official school system since the Western Jin Dynasty andthe relationship between the politics, culture and education policy in the Northern Wei Dynasty.