岳麓书院历史沿革岳麓书院是中国最古老的书院之一,北宋开宝九年(公元976年)创办，历经宋、元、明、清各个朝代，迨及晚清(1903年)改为湖南高等学堂，相继改为湖南高等师范学校，1926年定名湖南大学，历史已逾千年由古老的书院到湖南大学，一脉相承，弦歌不绝，被当世学者誉为罕见的“千年学府”Asoneofthefourmostprestigiousacademiesoverthelast1000yearsinChina,YueluAcademyhasbeenafamousinstitutionofhigherlearningaswellasacentreofacademicactivitiesandculturessinceitwasformallysetupintheninthyearoftheKaiBaoReignoftheNorthernSongDynasty(976).YueluAcademy,survivingtheSong,Yuan,MingandQingdynasties,wasconvertedintoHunanInstituteofHigherLearningin1903,andHunanNormalCollege,HunanPublicPolytechnicSchoolinsuccession,andwasfinallynamedHunanUniversityin1926.TheAcademyhaswitnessedahistoryofmorethanonethousandyearswithoutabreak,soitiscalleda“one-thousand-year-oldacademy”.ThehistoricaltransformationfromYueluAcademytoHunanUniversityisanepitomeofthedevelopmentofChina'shighereducation,whichmirrorsthevicissitudesofChina'seducationstyesm.岳麓书院开放时间：7:3018:00(5月1日至10月31日)8:0017:30(11月1日至4月30日)门票：¥30元义务讲解时间：9:0010:0015:0016:00义务讲解每天3场编钟免费演奏时间：9:009:2015:0015:20院内还设有书店、纪念品商店、茶座等。
OpenHours:7:30-18:00(May1-October31)8:00-17:30(November1-April30)Cost:¥30Guide:9:00-10:00&15:00-16:00(3timeseveryday)CarillonShow(FREE)：!9:00-9:20&15:00-15:20岳麓书院是中国古代四大书院之一，历史上著名的高等学府及学术文化中心岳麓书院自北宋开宝九年(976)正式创立以来，历经宋、元、明、清各代，至清光绪二十九年(公元1903年)改为湖南高等学堂，尔后相继改为湖南高等师范学校、湖南公立工业专门学校，1926年正式定名湖南大学历时千年，弦歌不绝，故世称“千年学府”从岳麓书院至湖南大学的千年办学历史，反映了中国教育制度的变迁，是我国高等教育发展史的一个缩影Asoneofthefourmostprestigiousacademiesoverthelast1000yearsinChina,YueluAcademyhasbeenafamousinstitutionofhigherlearningaswellasacentreofacademicactivitiesandculturessinceitwasformallysetupintheninthyearoftheKaiBaoReignoftheNorthernSongDynasty(976).YueluAcademy,survivingtheSong,Yuan,MingandQingdynasties,wasconvertedintoHunanInstituteofHigherLearningin1903,andHunanNormalCollege,HunanPublicPolytechnicSchoolinsuccession,andwasfinallynamedHunanUniversityin1926.TheAcademyhaswitnessedahistoryofmorethanonethousandyearswithoutabreak,soitiscalleda“one-thousand-year-oldacademy”.ThehistoricaltransformationfromYueluAcademytoHunanUniversityisanepitomeofthedevelopmentofChina'shighereducation,whichmirrorsthevicissitudesofChina'seducationsystem.岳麓书院创立伊始，即以其办学和传播学术文化而闻名于世。
北宋真宗皇帝召见山长周式，颁书赐额，岳麓之名始闻于天下，有“潇湘洙泗”之誉南宋张栻主教，理学史上颇负盛名的“湖湘学派”即发展于此；朱熹两度讲学，书院盛极一时，出现了“座不能容”、“饮马池水立涸”的盛况其后，明代中叶的阳明学、明末的东林学、清乾嘉时期的汉学及晚清的新学，都曾在此得以传习和交流岳麓书院的学术与教育，对湖湘文化传统的形成和发展产生了深刻的影响Shortlyafteritsestablishment,YueluAcademywasknownthroughoutthewholeofChinaforitsstyleofschoolmanagementanditsroleinthedisseminationofacademiclearning.WhenEmperorZhenzongoftheNorthernSongDynastysummonedthedean,ZhouShi,toaninterview,andconferredupontheAcademyhisMajesty'sinscription,YueluAcademyvaultedintogreatfame,andenjoyedthereputation“xiaoxiangzhusi”,meaningitwasaplaceinHunanwheregreatscholarsassembled.ItisrightherethattherenownedH“uxiangSchoolofLearning”inthehistoryoftheliphilosophy（thephilosophyofprinciple）begantogaincurrencywhenZhangShilecturedintheAcademyintheNorthernSongDynasty.AndwhenZhuXicameheretwicetogivelectures,sopopularwerethelecturesthat?thereweretoomanyvisitorsfortheAcademytoseat,andthewaterintheYinmaPond（theHorse-WateringPond）wasdrainedbytheirhorses.Lateron,theAcademysawotherlearningandideaspromulgatedandexchangedsuchastheYangmingSchoolinthemidstoftheMingDynasty,theDonglinSchoolinthelastyearsoftheMingdynasty,theHanSchooloftheQianLongandtheJiaQingReigns（1736-1821）andtheNewLearningofthelastyearsoftheQingDynasty.TheacademiclearningandeducationsystemofYueluAcademyhavehadafar-reachingimpactontheformationanddevelopmentofHunan'sculturaltradition.今日的湖南大学已发展成为一所理、工、农、商的多学科协调发展的综合性大学。
修复后的岳麓书院，被列为全国重点文物保护单位，仍担负着学术研究和培养人才的重任千年学府正在续写新的历史篇章Today,HunanUniversityhasgrownintoacomprehensiveuniversitywithabalanceddevelopmentofvariousdisciplines.Itfocusesonengineeringsubjects,butalsohasasolidfoundationinsciencesubjects.Itsliberalartsaregroundedinauniqueculture,andtheeconomicscourseshavecharacteristicsoftheirown,too.YueluAcademy,whichhasundergonerestorations,hasbeenlistedasakeyhistoricalsiteunderthestateprotection.Itstillshoulderstheresponsibilityofconductingacademicresearchesandtrainingprofessionals.Anewchapterofthehistoryoftheone-thousand-year-oldacademyisbeingwritten.岳麓自古就是文化名山。
西晋以前为道士活动据点曾建万寿宫、崇真观等西晋泰始四年（268年）麓山寺创立东晋陶侃曾建杉庵读书于此六朝建道林寺唐代马燧建“道林精舍”唐末五代智璇等二僧建屋办学，形成书院的雏形北宋开宝九年（公元976年），潭州太守朱洞因袭扩建，创立岳麓书院；大中祥符八年（公元1015年），宋真宗召见山长周式，赐“岳麓书院”额，岳麓书院遂为全国四大书院之一南宋时期张栻主教，湖湘学派发展到最盛；乾道三年（公元1167年），朱熹来访，与张栻论学，开书院会讲之先河，由此形成以朱张之学为正宗的学术传统元承宋制，书院办学继续发展，规制日趋完备但因元末战乱，书院毁于战火YueluHillhasbeenafamedculturalhillfromtimeimmemorial.ItwasfrequentedbyTaoistsbeforetheWesternJinDynasty(265-317).Atonetime,theWanshouTempleandtheChongzhenTemplewerebuilthereonthehill.TheLushanTemplewassetupin268.IntheEasternJinDynasty(317-420),TaoKanbuiltahut,namedShan'anCottage,andstudiedhere.IntheSixDynastiesperiod(the3rd-6thCenturyAD),theDaolinTemplewasbuiltup,andintheTangDynasty(618-907),MaSuihadhisstudy,DaolinCottage,builthere.WhenZhiandRui,twomonks,builthousesandranaschoolhereintheFiveDynastiesperiod(907-960)attheendofth。