有宋一代,莆田虽偏居东南沿海一隅,但科举鼎盛,素有“文献名邦”的美誉。而科举鼎盛、著述浩繁主要得益于莆田教育的兴盛,而教育的兴盛则离不开书院的建设。翻阅史籍可知,莆田地区的办学分为官学和私学。官学方面,早在唐开元年间,莆田、仙游两县就先后建立 A generation of Song Dynasty, although Putian prefectures in the southeast coastal corner, but the Imperial Examination flourished, known as “literature name state ” in the world. The imperial examinations heyday, writings are mainly due to the prosperity of Putian education, and the rise of education can not be separated from the construction of the academy. Read the historical records, we can see that the Putian area is divided into government and private schools. Official studies, as early as the first year of the Tang Dynasty, Putian, Xianyou two counties have been established