This paper investigates religious academy under the influence of Chinese and western culture, so as to show the evolvement of religious academy between 1820s and early 20th century, and analyze how it has undergone various reforms and changes, which existed from the very beginning to the ending, facing conflicts and integration between Chinese and western culture.

First appearing in the reign of Emperor Jiajing(1522—1566)and in the reign of Emperor Wanli(1563—1620),the provincial academies of classical learning were formally founded in the reign of Emperor Yongzheng(1723—1735),the Qing Dynasty.

But the upper college education fell into the chronic illness of inanity.

This paper elaborates the Academy teaching thoughts formed in the long-term practice of the Academy education by Zhangshi,who is a well-known idealist and educator.

In the spirit of criticism and inheritance and made the past serve the present, this text adopts the document law, comparative law and analyses the essential feature of teaching of ancient academy and explains the humane characteristic of academy teaching.

Yan Yuan,a famous thinker and educationist,stood firm against Neo-Confucianism and advocated real learning,so as to change the academy education,formulated the hero conception and reformed the traditional system.

As academy education marks the beginning of new development of Chinese ancient education, this paper describes the new instruction belief in academics of Song Dynasty which brings vitality to the education while it indicates that humanism as well as morality education should be the focus of education.

China s Shuyuan Education and the Spirit of Universities;

Ma Yi-fu pays more attention to the classic education, with regarding it as basic, emphasizes general education, opposes more classification of the modern schools, advocates Shuyuan education, attaches importance to "free speaking"; pursuits "the return of human nature" and thought and practice of humanism education and is similar with liberal education of Newman.