In 1076, Vietnam’s first university was built for
educate Vietnam’s bureaucrats, nobles, royalty…. Given the extreme difficulty
of the doctor laureate tests, few students passed final examinations and they
carved their name on stone steles.
These were about 150 steles in this temple but during the war time, lot of them was destroyed, so today, there’re only 82 steles left. The content is the same but their size and decoration style are quite different. The reason is they were carved in different period.
After successful/pass in the Regional exam,
students would move to the capital to prepare for the National exam. But the
road condition that time was definitely not easy. They had to walk most of the
time, carried with them food enough for long journey, a tent, a bamboo bed and
writing materials. Along the way, the students had to face the risk of robbery,
tiger attacks, snake bite and many risks.
If they survived the trip, most candidates chose
to stay for some years to study at this National University.
Some of them learnt with other famous teacher
around the capital to prepare for these examinations. Students lived and
studied in this school for couple of years before final exams.
Everyday, they were woken up early in the morning
by a bell and they’ll spend the whole day for studying Confucian classics,
philosophy, literature, history and politics. They learnt by heart as well as
Vietnamese and Chinese history. They also studied how to compose poetry and
prepare documents such as royal edicts, speeches, mandarin’s reports, analyses
and essays.
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