According to historical records, Xichun Academy's predecessor was Shuchun Garden, which was a prince's garden built in the forty-sixth year of Kangxi. At that time, seven princes were approved to build gardens in the north of Changchun Garden. Because the place is not big enough, only four princes built gardens in this place, and the other three princes all built gardens in the east of Changchun Garden.
Later, in the 28th year of Kangxi, the emperor gave the garden to Fu Heng, and Fu Heng directly changed the name of the garden. When Qianlong was forty-five years old, Shuchunyuan was directly changed to Chunxiyuan. After the completion of the construction of Chunxi Garden, Emperor Qianlong also wrote an inscription for Chunxi Garden.
The position of Xichun Garden in the royal gardens in the west of Beijing is not obvious, so Emperor Qianlong did not come to this courtyard many times. Later, Emperor Qianlong directly gave the southern half of Shuchunyuan to Xiao Shenyang. After Xiao Shenyang was robbed, Emperor Jiaqing directly gave it to the prince and princess. However, in the early years of the Republic of China, Xu Shichang, the president of Beiyang government, directly rented Heming Garden and Jingchun Garden in the east, and renamed them Dianbei Garden. The east of Xichun Garden was later Jingchun Garden.
However, according to the Textual Research on Old Stories of Sun, at that time, it was why Shu Chunyuan was changed to Chunxi Garden. If Chunxiyuan is really built in Erhe Gate, the name of this garden will be directly changed to Chunxiyuan, and the Guandi Temple outside Changchun Garden will not exist alone.
According to the records in Textual Research on Old News of Sun, we can understand the situation of Helmn during the Qianlong period, and we can also infer the specific location of Xichun Courtyard. Although the exact location of Xichun College is still controversial. However, from the textual research of the old news in The Sun, it can be seen that Xichun Courtyard is probably the northern part of Peking University now, which is very possible and has certain basis.
When Emperor Qianlong rewarded Xichun Courtyard, he directly divided Xichun Courtyard into several parts, which were used by the Prince and Princess respectively. Because the area of Xichun Courtyard is very large, with the passage of time, Xichun Courtyard has been divided into several parts. If you want to find the specific location of Xichun Courtyard, you can only infer it from the records of historical documents. Historians will also find the most likely place through their own understanding of history, rather than relying solely on their own subjective guesses.