("Peking" English Peking University is a Cantonese transliteration of "Beijing")

During the Reform Movement of 1898, Liang Qichao proposed the establishment of Shi Jing University Hall (hereinafter referred to as "the University of 1898"). 1898 The important content of the Reform Movement of 1898 was to establish Shi Jing University Hall (the predecessor of Peking University), and Liang Qichao participated in leading the reform and handling the affairs of the University Hall.

1In August, 895, Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao organized a "strong society" in Beijing, bought books, collected newspapers and periodicals for the masses to read, and often held meetings to give lectures, discuss academics, criticize current politics, publicize and introduce advanced western social painting theories and scientific knowledge, encourage people to cultivate talents based on the principle of applying what they have learned, and finally achieve the goal of national self-improvement.

At the beginning of 1898, the reform movement developed day by day. Kang Youwei put forward in his book "Overall Folding" that "there are universities in Beijing, high schools in all provinces, primary and secondary schools and specialized schools in all counties".

1898, 1 1 In June, under the vigorous promotion of Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, Emperor Guangxu promulgated the Imperial edict of Ming Ding, and the establishment of imperial academy Hall was one of the important measures. The imperial edict emphasized that "Shi Jing University Hall is advocated by all provinces and should be held first". Therefore, Liang Qichao drafted the Constitution of Jingshi University Hall, which was the first constitution of Peking University and the earliest educational system outline of modern higher education in China.

"Compromise" and "Use of Chinese and Western" put forward in the constitution of Jingshi University, attaching importance to normal education, combining basic disciplines with specialized disciplines, setting up "rigorous and practical" courses, and selecting talents in an eclectic way, which embodied Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao's political reform ideas and designed a good start for the development of modern higher education in China.

1On July 3rd, 898, Emperor Guangxu officially approved the establishment of Shi Jing University Hall. The Charter of Shi Jing University drafted by Liang Qichao is regarded as the first university charter in China. Shi Jing University Hall is the predecessor of Peking University. The articles of association put forward the school-running policy of "taking middle school as the body and western learning as the application", holding that "both of them need each other, and only when they are unprepared can they achieve great things", emphasizing that the core of the university hall is to cultivate talents, and taking "cultivating extraordinary talents for future use" as the purpose of establishing the university hall.