1, Cai Yuanpei is a leading figure in modern education in China and a household name in China. He was also a pioneer of modern education in China and made outstanding contributions to the education in China. Fan Yuanlian was the president of Tsinghua School (now Tsinghua University), National Beijing Normal University and the chief education officer of the Republic of China government for three times. In addition, he has served as director of editorial department of Zhonghua Book Company, chairman of board of directors of Nankai University, director of Beijing Library and chairman of China Education and Culture Fund Committee.

2. Fan Yuanlian vigorously develops and advocates general education with practical actions. During his tenure, he successively promulgated the Primary School Order and the Secondary School Order, which standardized the running of primary and secondary schools throughout the country. Fan Yuanlian also vigorously promoted compulsory education. 19 12 The Renzi Academic System promulgated in September clearly stipulates that four years of primary school education is compulsory, and it also stipulates that primary schools established in towns and villages are free of tuition fees. 1927, Fan Yuanlian died young, and Cai Yuanpei was extremely sad. He sent an elegiac couplet: "Education experts still remember 16 years ago; Science is advanced, but hundreds of friends in society lament the people. " The friendship between Cai Yuanpei and Fan Yuanlian, as well as their disputes, has been passed down from generation to generation as a beautiful talk.