As known from the name of Shugeishuchiin, it was also a comprehensive educational facility where every philosophy, science and art, including Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, were taught.
綜芸種智院の名に表されるように、儒教・仏教・道教などあらゆる思想・学芸を網羅する総合的教育機関でもある。