Introduction to Xueputang and Xizhai: Zhu Cai’s purpose of building Xueputang and Wugong Jingshe at that time was to set up schools, teach enlightenment, and develop cultural and educational undertakings. After the Xueputang and Wugong Jingshe were built, Zhu Cai recommended to Zhang Zhidong, who was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi at the time, to hire Guo Wanxiang to give lectures in Qiong. When Guo Wanxiang came to Qiong, he brought more than 8,000 volumes of ancient literature and books, and set them aside. On the first floor of Hainan, Xueputang was where he lectured at that time. Wugong Jingshe and Dongzhai were the dormitories of students and teachers respectively. Guo Wanxiang died of illness not long after giving lectures at Xueputang. Since there was no successor, Zhu Cai recommended the students to Xuehaidang in Guangzhou to continue their studies. The Wugong Jingshe was used to store Guo Wanxiang's suicide notes and scriptures. In the sixth year of the Republic of China, (1917) Wugong Jingshe was renamed Wugong Temple Library.

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