Ma Jianzhong, an early bourgeois thinker and famous linguist in China, began to study western learning when he was young. In the second year of Guangxu (1876), he was sent to study in France and worked as an interpreter for Guo Songtao, the Qing Dynasty's ambassador to France. He studied law at the University of Paris, 1879, and returned to China after receiving his doctor's degree. He worked with Li Hongzhang in westernization. He advocates the development of new industries and schools. Develop foreign trade and strive for tariff autonomy; Think that foreign trade is "the source of seeking wealth". Ma Shi Wen Tong is China's first systematic grammar work, which draws lessons from western grammar. Ma Shiwentong was originally named Wentong (text: written language; General rules and regulations. Ma Jianzhong had died at the time of publication. In order to commemorate the achievements of his works and distinguish them from other similar works, the author's surname was added before the original title.
After the Revolution of 1911, the number of students studying in France increased gradually. 19 12 years, Li Shizeng and others initiated the organization to study in France and set up a preparatory school to study in France. From 19 12 to 19 13, the French Association for Studying Abroad sent four batches of 150 people to France, which was terminated due to the European war. 19 15 years, Cai Yuanpei (a.d. 1868 ~ 1940) and Wu (a.d. 1878~ 1966) organized a work-study program meeting, "study hard.
After the end of World War I, there was an upsurge of work-study programs in China. From 19 19 to 192 1, more than 1600 French students went to China to study under the organization of the China-France Education Association jointly sponsored by celebrities from China and France. Many of them later became proletarian revolutionaries and targets of China, such as Cai Hesen, Xiang Jingyu, Cai Chang, Li Fuchun, Xu Teli, Li, Luo Xuezan, He Changgong and Xiaosan in Hunan. Zhao Shiyan is from Sichuan. Chen Yi, Nie; Wang Ruofei in Guizhou, etc.
The China-France Education Association was launched in Paris, with branches in China, Shanghai and Guangzhou, with Cai Yuanpei as its president. On the day of the launch, Cai Yuanpei delivered a speech entitled "The Interests of the Sino-French Education Association". He said: "Nowadays, education in all countries in the world can be completely separated from the obstacles of monarchy and church, and France is the most ... since the revolutionary era, France has been the center of moral education. The development of French art, that is, in Paris, the wealth of museums, the prosperity of theaters and concerts, and the diversity of artists, has proved more than enough. The education in ancient China paid equal attention to ceremony and music, and it also had the significance of using science and art. "When talking about why French people wanted to study in France and introduce French culture, Cai Yuanpei explained this at the kick-off meeting of the Sino-French education meeting on March 29th16:" French culture has the concept of "one day morality", the smell of literature and art on two days, and freedom on three days.
Spreading the gospel through education is a widely used way of communication among western missionaries in the19th century. The school run by missionaries or other foreigners is a new school in China in the late Qing Dynasty, which embodies the scientific and cultural spirit of the modern West and the educational style of the West. Their appearance and existence in China has become an important channel for the spread of western learning. Groups of students enter such schools in order to be influenced by western learning, and then spread to various places with western learning.
Since the middle of19th century, the French Archbishop has also been actively running schools in China. Among them, the schools established in Shanghai are: Xuhui Public School (later changed to Xuhui Middle School) founded by 1849, Shishi Primary School founded by185/kloc-0 (originally a Bible reading class), Fangde Primary School founded by 1852 (later changed to Dongjiadu Road No.2 Primary School) and/kloc-.
1903, Sinian University College was established in Shanghai, which is a missionary university founded by the French Catholic Church in China. Ma (A.D. 1840~ 1939), the first president of Aurora University, studied Latin and French at Shanghai Xuhui University as a teenager. 1870 received a doctorate in theology and was ordained as a priest by the church and became a Jesuit priest. 1872 Dean of Shanghai Xuhui University. 1905, because of dissatisfaction with the examination by the Catholic authorities of Aurora University, Fudan Public School (later Fudan University) was founded in Shanghai with Yan Fu and Yuan.
1920, Sino-French University was formally established in Beijing, with Cai Yuanpei as the first president. After several years of operation and development, the university has gradually established four colleges named after French scholars: Jear~Baptiste Lamarck College, which teaches biology; Curie Institute, teaching physics and chemistry; AugllsteComte College, teaching philosophy; Voltaire college, teaching liberal arts. 192 1 year, with the joint efforts of the Chinese and French people, Sino-French University set up an overseas department in Lyon, France, and received most outstanding graduates from Sino-French University in Beijing and Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou.