Zhu Qing is a consultant to the Chinese Zhu Xi Society and visiting professor at the Institute of Chinese Studies at Xiamen University. academies originated in the Tang Dynasty.

By the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 7,500 academies in China, spread across China. Academies play an irreplaceable role in the integrated development of the Chinese nation and the consolidation of China's "great unification," says Zhu Qing. The continuous continuity of Chinese civilization is inseparable from the academy's adherence to Confucian orthodoxy, he says.