Download or read book The Sea of Learning written by Steven B. Miles and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in the 1820s, the Xuehaitang (Sea of Learning Hall) was a premier academy of its time. Miles examines the discourse that portrayed it as having radically altered Guangzhou literati culture. He argues that the academy's location embedded it in social settings that determined who used its resources and who celebrated its successes and values.