1703년에는 송시열의 유언에 따라 명나라 신종을 기리는 만동묘가 서원 옆에 세워졌으며, 이후 이 지역은 조선 성리학의 중심지가 되었다.
Then, in 1703, Mandongmyo Shrine was added next to the academy to honor Emperor Shenzong of the Ming dynasty, which Song Si-yeol had requested in his last will. Since then, this area was regarded as a center of Joseon Confucianism.