1965438+On May 4th, 2002, Shi Jing University Hall, the highest institution of higher learning in China and the highest educational administrative organ in China, was renamed as Peking University. Yan Fu, a modern enlightenment thinker, translator and educator admired by China intellectuals, became the first president of Peking University.

1948, Hu Shi said in the article "50th Anniversary of Peking University": "I once said that Peking University is the official successor of" imperial academy ".

In addition, Feng Youlan, Ren, Zhou Peiyuan, Ji Xianlin, Xiao and other scholars and professors have all agreed with Peking University's theory of "the origin of imperial academy", and some even suggested that the history of Peking University should be one or two thousand years ahead of schedule.

Professor Chen Pingyuan from the Chinese Department of Peking University once wrote in the History of Peking University: How to trace the source? According to Peking University's The Origin of imperial academy, imperial academy was not reorganized by imperial academy, nor was it directly inherited from imperial academy.

On the other hand, Shi Jing University Hall is the product of the Reform Movement of 1898, which was approved by Emperor Guangxu to abolish the feudal imperial examinations (imperial academy and imperial academy). Therefore, in this sense, Shi Jing University Hall cannot be said to be the successor of Imperial College London.

personnel training

Yan Fu's general office of Beiyang Naval Academy was once praised as "the foundation of China's warships before opening the northern atmosphere". As a new naval academy, it has trained many talents for the society in the past 20 years, such as President Li of the Republic of China, President Zhang Boling of Nankai University, Director Wang of Academic Affairs Office of Beiyang University (who is also the Speaker of Zhili Academic Affairs Office and Zhili Consultation Bureau), and famous translator Wu Guangjian.

And Yan Fu himself, the evaluation of his disciples can be said to be somewhat harsh: "I have been running Beiyang School for more than ten years, and to be honest, no one is proud. Wu (Guangjian) is learned, but his temperament is perverse; Wang Shaoquan (Shao Lian) is honest and too formal. Except for these two, although I am famous, I am very mediocre. "

/kloc-Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Tianjin in 0/900, and the Beiyang Naval Academy, which Yan Fu devoted 20 years to, was destroyed by gunfire. This gave Yan Fu a great ideological blow, and he was forced to leave Tianjin and move to Shanghai.