It is said that the Shugei Shuchiin school was a private facility established by Kukai on January 27, 829, at the residence in Sakyo Kujo in Kyoto, which had been received from FUJIWARA no Mimori, for the purpose of educating the common people and providing comprehensive education in various liberal arts.
綜芸種智院（しゅげいしゅちいん）は、天長5年12月15日(旧暦)（829年1月23日）、空海が庶民教育や各種学芸の綜合的教育を目的に、藤原三守から譲り受けた京都の左京九条の邸宅に設置した私立学校といわれている。