Guozijian

Guozijian
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese國子監
Simplified Chinese国子监
Literal meaningDirectorate for the Sons of the Nation
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuózǐjiàn
Wade–GilesKuo2-tzŭ3-chien4
IPA[kwǒ.tsɹ̩̀.tɕjɛ́n]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingGwok3-zi2-gaam1
IPA[kʷɔk̚˧.tsi˧˥.kam˥]
Guozixue
Traditional Chinese國子學
Simplified Chinese国子学
Literal meaningSchool for the Sons of the Nation
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuózǐxué
Wade–GilesKuo-tzŭ-hsüeh
Guozisi
Traditional Chinese國子寺
Simplified Chinese国子寺
Literal meaningOffice for the Sons of the Nation
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuózǐsì
Wade–GilesKuo-tzŭ-szu
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetQuốc tử Giám
Quốc Học viện
Chữ Hán國子監
國學院
Korean name
Hangul국자감
Hanja國子監
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationGukjagam
McCune–ReischauerKukchagam
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᡳ
ᠵᡠᠰᡝ ᠪᡝ
ᡥᡡᠸᠠᡧᠠᠪᡠᡵᡝ
ᠶᠠᠮᡠᠨ
Möllendorffgurun-i juse be hūwašabure yamun

The Guozijian, sometimes translated as the Imperial College, Imperial Academy, Imperial University, National Academy, or National University, was the highest level academic and educational institution throughout most of Imperial China's history. It was created during the reign of Emperor Wu of Jin and became the highest level academic institution in China over the next 200 years. After the demise of the Song dynasty, it became synonymous with the previous highest level academic institution, the Taixue. The Guozijian was abolished in 1907 during the Qing dynasty.