Under the guidance of the unification of neo-Confucianism and imperial civil examinations, teaching in the academies became the most important way through which to disseminate and popularize neo-Confucianism.

• 在学习程朱理学与科举应试相统一的思想指导下，元代书院的教学成为程朱理学传播与普及最重要的途径。