Mr Cai Yuanpei is a revolutionary, educator and politician. Democratic Progressive Party, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, member of the National Government and president of the Supervisory Institute. The first director-general of education in the Republic of China, 19 16 to 1927, served as the president of Peking University, innovating Peking University and opening the wind of "academic" and "freedom".

During the Northern Expedition, after the National Government made Nanjing its capital, it presided over the Education Administration Committee, established the University of the Republic of China and Academia Sinica, and led the reform of education and academic system. 1928- 1940 was appointed as the full-time president of academia sinica to carry out the proposition of academic research. Cai Yuanpei went to Germany and France for many times to study philosophy, literature, aesthetics, psychology and cultural history, which laid an ideological and theoretical foundation for his commitment to reforming feudal education.

1940 died in Hong Kong. The Biography of Cai Yuanpei written by Mr. Tang Zhenchang was published in our society in 1985, and then reprinted in 1999, which won good academic response and readers' response, and became an important academic achievement in the research field of Cai Yuanpei, and also had reference significance for modern ideological culture, education and politics in China.

This series of biographies has been re-produced and published, and revised with reference to the second volume of the Collected Works of Tang Zhenchang published by Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press in 20 13. In addition, three short articles, Cai Yuanpei and the Spirit of Peking University-a subject to be studied, and Supplement to Cai Yuanpei's Funeral, were added as appendices, which presented Cai Yuanpei's relevant situation and spiritual orientation more completely.

The Biography of Cai Yuanpei is a book published by Shanghai People's Publishing House on 20 16. The author is Tang Zhenchang.

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1, introduction of Cai Yuanpei:

Cai Yuanpei (186865438+1October1March 5, 940), also known as Heqing, was born as Peiren, and was renamed as,, Zhou, Han nationality. Educators, revolutionaries and politicians. Democratic Progressive Party, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, member of the National Government and president of the Supervisory Institute. The first director of education of the Republic of China.

19 16 to 1927 as the president of Peking university, innovating Peking university and opening the wind of "academic" and "freedom"; From 1920 to 1930, Cai Yuanpei was also the president of Sino-French University. In his early years, he participated in the struggle against the imperial system of the Qing Dynasty and presided over the formulation of the first decree of modern higher education in China-the University Order in the early years of the Republic of China.

During the Northern Expedition, after the National Government made Nanjing its capital, it presided over the Education Administration Committee, established the University of the Republic of China and Academia Sinica, and led the reform of education and academic system. 1927, participated in the "movement to protect the country and save the party", thinking that the party should be eliminated, but opposed to killing. 1928- 1940 was appointed as the full-time president of academia sinica to carry out the proposition of academic research.

Cai Yuanpei went to Germany and France for many times to study philosophy, literature, aesthetics, psychology and cultural history, which laid an ideological and theoretical foundation for his commitment to reforming feudal education. 1933, Cai Yuanpei initiated the establishment of the National Central Museum and personally served as the chairman of the first Council. 1940 died in Hong Kong on March 5th. Bury the Chinese cemetery at the top of Aberdeen Mountain.

2. Introduction to the author:

Tang Zhenchang (1922-2002), a native of Chengdu, Sichuan, is a famous historian, writer, essayist and journalist. 1946 Bachelor of Arts in yenching university. He has served as a reporter, editor and interview director of Ta Kung Pao in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tianjin, director of the Department of Political Science, Law and Culture, screenwriter of the Shanghai Institute of Screenplay Creation of the Central Film Bureau, director of the Literature and Art Department of Shanghai Wen Hui Daily, director of the pen club supplement department, and researcher and deputy director of the Institute of History of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences.

The research scope mainly covers the modern history of China and the history of Shanghai. He is the author of Collected Works of Tang Zhenchang (seven volumes). His writing style is unique, and he is praised as "a rare pen in China" by the famous historian Li Shu.

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