A Study Of The Local Confucian Teachers In The Early Ming Dynasty

The local Confucian teachers in the Ming Dynasty were the administrative and educational personnel of the local Confucianism.At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty,schools were set up in all cities,states and counties,and school officials were set up.In the early Ming dynasty,most of the local Confucian teachers had high academic and literary attainments.Some of them were quite famous in Yuan Dynasty,some learnt from wise teachers,and some had an excellent literary family.At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty,the local Confucian teachers were mainly composed of the Confucian scholars who have both political integrity and ability,candidates from the vice-list capital examination and the failed in imperial examinations,the students of Imperial College.The selection of the Confucian teachers took the recommendation,imperial examination,imperial college students as the main way.In the meantime,changing positions is also a form of appointment.In the early Ming Dynasty,there were relevant policies and regulations on the location of the local Confucian teachers,which were constantly adjusted with the actual situation.Moreover,Ming Tai-zu,who was the first emperor of Ming Dynasty,wanted to reconcile the cultural gap between the north and the south,and restore and develop local education in the north.Therefore,the appointment of teachers focused more on the north.And more southerners teached in the north.At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty,a set of relatively complete evaluation system for teachers had been formed.In the early Ming Dynasty,the personal development of the local Confucian teachers varied,and the transfer of positions could be divided into promotion,demotion,reinsertion,sitting for a crime and returning home.Some Confucian teachers have made good progress in their careers and have made great achievements for officials.In the early Ming Dynasty,the local Confucian teachers took teaching and education as their own responsibility.In the teaching,even facing the poor teaching environment,they still taught diligently;Great efforts have been made in the construction of schools;In theprocess of teaching,they did not forget the responsibility of enlightenment.They took themselves as the leading role in local customs,and made a difference to local customs.Many teachers have made great achievements in artistic writing.Besides teaching,the local Confucian teachers in the early Ming Dynasty also had rich cultural activities.Some teachers,in their spare time,even made a sightseeing tour,met friends in poetic-community,expressed themselves with poetry and so on.