| Jixia Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 稷下學宮 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 稷下学宫 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Jixia Academy or Academy of the Gate of Chi[1] was a scholarly academy during the Warring States period.[1] It was located in Linzi, the capital of Qi (present-day Shandong). The academy took its name from its position outside the city's western gate,[2] named for the harvest god Ji or Hou ji