The "building" here refers to the material conditions for establishing a university, and the "teacher" refers to a teacher with extensive knowledge, top academic status, perfect morality and noble personality. When President Mei Yiqi said that "it doesn't mean having a building", he just emphasized that the key condition for establishing a university does not depend on material things, and it is more important to have a high-quality faculty. This shows President Mei's people-oriented philosophy of running a school.
In the first half of the 20th century, who can meet the five harsh conditions put forward by all Tsinghua students: independence, erudition, noble character, real development of Tsinghua and fame? Who can undertake this great task? Mei Yiqi, a famous educator Mr. Zhang Boling, received an order at the critical moment and accepted the transfer. 193 1, as President of National Tsinghua University. From that year on, he was linked with the lifeblood of Tsinghua, and he became the lifelong principal of Tsinghua.
Today, there is still a famous saying in the education circle-"A great scholar is not an architect, but a master."
It's a passage that Miss Mei said to all the teachers and students in Tsinghua after she took office. Mr. Mei, who has always been taciturn, is eloquent and powerful. He raised the faculty of the university to an unprecedented height. He himself invited countless masters to this university, and trained eight founders with two bombs and one satellite for China, 172 Academician of China Academy of Sciences, Academician of China Academy of Engineering, and two Nobel Prize winners. This is Mei Yiqi, a superstar who will shine forever in the history of Tsinghua University.