Cai Yuanpei was the first director of education in the Republic of China. From 19 16 to 1927, he was the president of Peking University, innovating Peking University and opening up the wind of "academic" and "freedom". From 1920 to 1930, Cai Yuanpei was also the president of Sino-French University. During the Northern Expedition, Nanjing, as the capital of the National Government, 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.
1933, Cai Yuanpei initiated the establishment of the National Central Museum (the predecessor of Nanjing Museum) and personally served as the chairman of the first Council. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, Cai Yuanpei, Li, Li and other cultural celebrities in Shanghai jointly organized and established the Shanghai Cultural Salvation Association, and actively organized and mobilized people from the cultural circles to participate in the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Movement.
In addition, Cai Yuanpei and Li, the founding members of the Shanghai Cultural Salvation Association, jointly issued a long statement with presidents and professors of major universities all over the country, exposing the criminal atrocities of the Japanese army deliberately destroying educational institutions in China, and set up an international publicity committee under the Salvation Association to expand publicity and win the support of the people of the world.
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Cai Yuanpei believes that education has two basic functions for society: one is to lead, the so-called "education guides society, not to follow society"; Second, in terms of service, "it is to cultivate a kind of talent in school and work in society in the future", or "it is to teach students or educate and study on the one hand and serve the society on the other".
Yuan Pei made an indelible contribution to modern education in China and the China Revolution, mainly in the following aspects:
First, since Cai Yuanpei, China has formed a relatively complete bourgeois education thought and system.
Second, his idea of "freedom of thought and inclusiveness" made Peking University the birthplace of the new cultural movement and created conditions for the new democratic revolution.
Third, it has protected a group of scholars with advanced ideas and outstanding talents for the Chinese nation.
He not only laid a solid foundation for the formation of China's modern bourgeois university education theory, but also had many profound insights, such as attaching importance to the scientific research of universities, advocating "freedom of thought and inclusiveness", paying attention to developing students' personality, advocating "communication of arts and sciences" and "relying on experts who know both education and learning to run schools democratically", which also had a great influence on later generations.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Cai Yuanpei