Shugeishuchiin - Shugeishuchiin

An educational institution for the common people in the Heian period. In 828 (Tencho 5), Kukai established the school on a site of over two blocks in Kujo Nibo, Sakyo, donated by Fujiwara no Mitomi, for those who were not permitted to study at universities or national studies. "Sou-gei shuchi" means to teach various arts and sciences and to spread and express the Buddhist wisdom of Mahavairocana. The school regarded Confucianism and Buddhism as two religions, exoteric and esoteric, and made the idea of ​​the three religions as one as its educational principle. It hoped to achieve the effect of fusing the three religions, so it taught both inner scriptures (books related to Buddhism) and apocrypha (books other than Buddhism). In 835 (Jowa 2), Kukai passed away and the three guardians were no longer in position, so Kukai's disciple Jichie (the head priest of Toji Temple) sold the temple and purchased Oyama Villa in Tamba Province, which he used as a place of residence for the transmission of the teachings.

[Tokuro Otsuka]

"Research on the Ancient Educational System by Momo Hiroyuki (1947, Meguro Shoten)"

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平安時代の庶民教育機関。828年（天長5）空海(くうかい)が、大学・国学に学ぶことを許されない人のために、藤原三守(みつもり)より施与(せよ)された左京九条二坊の2町余の敷地に設立した。「綜芸種智」とは、各種の学芸を教授して、大日如来(にょらい)の仏智を広め表すの意。儒教と、仏教を顕密(けんみつ)二教とみて、この三教一体の思想を教育原理とし、三教の融合的効果を期待したので、内典（仏教関係の書）と外典(げてん)（仏教以外の書）をあわせて教えた。835年（承和2）空海が没し、ついで三守もなくなったので、空海の弟子実慧(じちえ)（東寺長者）はこの院を売却して丹波国(たんばのくに)大山荘(おおやまのしょう)を買って伝法の料所とした。

［大塚徳郎］

『桃裕行著『上代学制の研究』（1947・目黒書店）』

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