Hanlin Academy

Timeline

1. c. 960–1100Bianjing · HenanThe Song Hanlin Academy was divided into positions such as Hanlin Academicians, readers-in-waiting, and lecturers, responsible for drafting edicts, participating in the classical lectures and compilation of national histories, closely tied to those of the special examination and jinshi background, becoming one of the core institutions of civil official politics.
2. c. 1121–1130Bianjing and Lin'an · WorldIn the 1120s the Northern Song Hanlin still controlled edict drafting and the historiography office; after the Jingkang Incident the court moved south, and the Southern Song rebuilt the Hanlin Academy in Lin'an, continuing the tradition of a civil institution centered on literary attendants and historiographers.
3. c. 1129–1279Lin'an · ZhejiangAfter establishing its capital at Lin'an, the Southern Song rebuilt the Hanlin Academy, working in coordination with the Secretariat and the National History Office, continuing to undertake edict drafting and document compilation, becoming an important institution for maintaining civil order in the rump regime.