Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Architecture

original: "Guangye Tang." One of the classrooms for the lower-tier students at the Imperial Academy.

original: "Chongzhi Tang."

original: "Zhengyi Tang."

original: "Chengxin Tang."

original: "Xiudao Tang."

original: "Shuaixing Tang." This represented the most advanced level of the "Six Halls" system; students reached this stage after progressing through the others based on merit and time.

original: "Yilun Tang." This large structure served as the central lecture hall of the Imperial Academy. Here, the Emperor or high-ranking officials would occasionally deliver lectures on the Confucian classics to the assembled scholars.

The text identifies the "Six Halls" (original: Liu Tang) and the main lecture hall, the Hall of Moral Relations (original: Yilun Tang), which are characteristic of the Ming and Qing dynasty Imperial Academy in Beijing. The halls represent a progression of study and virtue. Students would start at the bottom tier—such as the Hall of Broad Achievement—and advance toward the Hall of Following Nature as they mastered their curriculum and character cultivation.

Hall of Broad Achievement: original: Guangye Tang.
Hall of Noble Ambition: original: Chongzhi Tang.
Hall of Rectitude: original: Zhengyi Tang.
Hall of Sincere Hearts: original: Chengxin Tang.
Hall of Cultivating the Way: original: Xiudao Tang.
Hall of Following Nature: original: Shuaixing Tang.
Hall of Moral Relations: original: Yilun Tang.
Imperial Academy: original: Guozijian. The highest educational institution in the imperial Chinese state.