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When was Peking University founded?
Peking University was founded in 1898, formerly known as Shi Jing University Hall. It was the first national comprehensive university in China and the highest educational administrative organ in China at that time. It was renamed as 19 12 after the Revolution of 1911.

19 17, the famous educator Cai Yuanpei became the president of Peking University. He "followed the principle of freedom of thought and adopted the principle of inclusiveness" and carried out fruitful reforms in Peking University, which promoted ideological emancipation and academic prosperity. Outstanding talents such as Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Chairman Mao, Lu Xun and Hu Shi all worked or taught at Peking University.

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Peking University's style of study-diligence, preciseness, realism and innovation;

Speaking of diligence, Peking University students insisted on writing in the war years, but in peacetime, libraries and laboratories were still busy with Peking University students.

On rigor, the discipline of literature and history distinguishes between learning and being excellent and being an official, and the discipline of science and engineering strives for perfection, and a penny is worth a penny;

Seeking truth from facts, Fei Xiaotong went deep into Jiangcun to conduct social investigation, and President Ma Yinchu insisted on the "new population theory" by himself.

Talking about innovation, Peking University has been advancing in constant reform, leading the progress of higher education in China and cultivating "people who will lead the future".

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