There is no so-called "founder", Cai Yuanpei is the first principal. Peking University, founded in 1898, was originally named Shi Jing University Hall. It is the first university founded by the central government of China and the beginning of the formal establishment of modern universities in China. Its establishment marked the beginning of modern higher education in China and initiated the modern academic system in China. Peking University was the highest institution of higher learning in China at the beginning of its establishment, and was also the highest educational administrative organ in China at that time. It functions as the Ministry of Education and is responsible for national education. Peking University inherited the academic system of Imperial College, the highest institution in China for thousands of years. It is a modern continuation of the highest institution of learning in ancient China, and enjoys a high reputation since its establishment. Some people use "inheriting the orthodoxy of imperial academy and establishing the ancestral home of university students" to evaluate the historical position of Peking University. As the center of the New Culture Movement and the birthplace of the May 4th Movement, as the birthplace of China's earliest dissemination of Marxism and democratic scientific thoughts, and as the earliest activity base of China's * * * production party, Peking University has made irreplaceable contributions to the national rejuvenation and liberation, national construction and development, social civilization and progress, and played an important vanguard role in the modernization process of China. The traditional spirit of patriotism, progress, democracy and science and the study style of diligence, preciseness, truth-seeking and innovation are endless and passed down from generation to generation here. 19 17, Cai Yuanpei, a famous revolutionary of educational democracy, became the president of Peking University. He emancipated the mind of Peking University by "following the principle of freedom of thought and inclusiveness", and his academic prosperity made Peking University change with each passing day. Chen Duxiu, Li Dazhao, Mao Zedong, Lu Xun and Hu Shi all worked or taught in Peking University. 1937 after the lugouqiao incident, Peking university, Tsinghua university and Nankai university moved south to Changsha to form Changsha temporary university. At the beginning of 1938, the temporary university moved to Kunming and changed its name to National Southwest Associated University. National Southwest Associated University brings together the elites of the three universities to maintain the lifeline of China's education with the spirit of fortitude. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Peking University returned to his hometown and officially resumed his studies on June 1946+00. After the founding of New China, 1952 national colleges and universities were reorganized, and Peking University became a comprehensive university focusing on basic teaching and research of arts and sciences, which trained a large number of talents for the country. According to incomplete statistics, there are nearly 400 alumni and teachers in Peking University, and a considerable number of influential people in the field of humanities and social sciences in China are also from Peking University, which has produced a number of important research results.