ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the development of medical institutions from 1276 to 1300. During this time, the Superintendencies of Physicians were created, and the doctors gained the right to participate in legal trials. The rules for the medical schools for the purposes of education and government recruitment were elaborated, and the schools were associated with the Temples of the Three Progenitors, following the contemporary notion that religious activities were crucial components of proper education. While these rules all came from Daidu and were perhaps proposed by the North Chinese, the South Chinese gradually accepted them. By the 1290s, some localities, including Yuan Jue's hometown, began collecting private donations, building the temple-schools, and appointing school instructors. The official selected medical school instructors from within his area and with their collaboration chose students and reported the students names, registered home addresses, and grades to the Imperial Academy of Medicine.
