Xiamen university school song: self-improvement, self-improvement, learning from the sea! Who wants to hide with the key? Lujiang River is deep and long, let me know that there is no center, and I call for the power of the South! Ho ho, southern strong!
On April 6th, 192 1, Xiamen University was announced. In order to establish this university, Chen Jiageng, a famous patriotic overseas Chinese leader who was nearly 50 years old at that time, returned from Singapore two years earlier and pledged 4 million yuan equivalent to his total assets at that time.
Hong Yonghong, former director of the History Research Office of the Party History School of Xiamen University: Chen Jiageng believed that education was the foundation of the country. The May 4th Movement broke out in 19 19, which convinced him that it was time to make contributions to the rejuvenation of China on the basis of setting up primary schools, middle schools and junior colleges.
At that time, Chen Jiageng founded Jimei School in Xiamen, with a large scale and the largest number of teachers and students in China. In order to build the school building of Xiamen University, Chen Jiageng personally inspected the school site, and 13 TV animated series The Story of Chen Jiageng restored Chen Jiageng's ambition:
JOE Village in the west, Fort Hu Lishan in the east, Wulaoshan in the north and seaside in the south, covering an area of more than 2,000 mu, should be included in Xiamen University. Xiamen University will become a southern power, including arts, science, law, business and medicine, with 30,000 to 40,000 students.
At that time, I'm afraid Chen Jiageng was the only one with such great ambition to invest in education. He is not particularly rich among entrepreneurs in China, but he has always contributed everything to the rejuvenation of China and the development of education.
Xiamen University has been established, but it still needs a lot of money to run the school. From 65438 to 0929, the Great Depression in the United States spread all over the world, and it was difficult for Chen Jiageng enterprises to be immune to it. He was advised to stop maintaining Xiamen University's funds. Chen Jiageng flatly refused. He sold part of the school property and borrowed money to maintain the teaching of Xiamen University. This is the story of "selling buildings to maintain Xiamen University". Chen Jiageng's great-grandson Chen Liren recalled:
Chen Liren: Every penny is donated to Xiamen University to promote learning. Later, when he returned to China, he decided to hand over all his assets to the state.
1937, Chen Jiageng could no longer maintain Xiamen University independently, so it unconditionally donated Xiamen University to the government. Chen Jiageng, known as the "school owner", continued to invest in building a large number of school buildings for Xiamen University after liberation. 196 12 August 12, Chen Jiageng died in Beijing due to illness.
Today, Xiamen University has become the most famous cultural landmark in Xiamen, and its beautiful campus has also become the eternal yearning and respect for its founders.