Edict 1SZ-12-04

To the Privy Treasury, 

We hereby command that, for the new year, a gift of 3,000 taels of silver is to be made to each of the five academies below: 

The New Deer Cave Academy, in the Imperial Capital; 

The Nine Willows Academy, by the west shore of the East Lake; 

The Whitestone Academy, also by the west shore; 

The South Grove Academy, in Tanzhou; and

''The Yang Village Academy, on the northwest shore of the East Lake. ''

''In addition, in encouragement of their spirit in learning and teaching, and their sterling work in nurturing many who have become the pillars of the Empire, we hereby command that a couplet signboard be given to each of them. The writing will be as follows...''

知行合一，唯求其是