佛祖統紀 52.75

52.75

Emperor Taizong of the Tang visited the Directorate of Education and commanded Kong Yingda to lecture on the Classic of Filial Piety. He extensively summoned famous scholars and expanded the school buildings, so that the students reached 3,260. Even for the garrison encampments and the Flying Cavalry, Erudites were assigned to instruct them in the classics. Goryeo and Tibet both dispatched their scions to enter the academy. Those who mounted the lecture hall numbered 8,000. He commanded Yingda to compile and establish the Subcommentaries to the Five Classics. Emperor Renzong of the Song decreed that prefectural schools be established throughout the realm.