This sentence comes from Cai Yuanpei's speech when he took office at Peking University. He put forward ardent expectations for Peking University students who came to study, and pointed out that "scholars also study advanced knowledge", that is, universities are places to study advanced knowledge and professional knowledge.

Universities take looking forward to the future and exploring the truth as their responsibility, and become highly decentralized organisms, with cultural (academic) mechanism as the leading mechanism and rationality and academic value as the basic values. Therefore, the value of university existence is to study profound knowledge and cultivate professional talents.

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19 16, Cai Yuanpei was appointed as the president of Peking University. 19 17, Cai Yuanpei took office in Peking University and began his reform of Peking University.

During his tenure as President of Peking University, Cai Yuanpei learned from others' experience and brought forth new ideas, transforming old Peking University with a strong bureaucratic atmosphere into a vibrant university in China, and on this basis, he formed a unique theory of university education.

On the policy of running a school, Cai Yuanpei proposed "inclusiveness", invited a large number of new bachelors such as Chen Duxiu and old scholars such as Liu to enter Peking University, cut down incompetent teachers and eliminated a large number of decadent and conservative figures. After this reorganization, the quality of teachers has been greatly improved. At the same time, he also vigorously advocated freedom of thought among students, cultivated an academic research atmosphere, and established new morality and new fashion. This article is a concentrated expression of his thoughts.