Cai Yuanpei is an important figure who shines brightly in the history of modern education and revolution in China.

Recently, a chance encounter touched people's hearts and made people miss this senior president of Peking University.

During his tenure, he actively promoted the concept of "inclusiveness" and fully supported the development of "new culture" and "new literature".

This initiative caused quite a stir in the academic world and had an extremely important impact on the development of Chinese culture and thought.

Cai Yuanpei’s “all-inclusive” concept gave Peking University a new lease of life.

At Peking University at that time, various ideological and academic schools were tolerated.

It's like a fierce collision between old and new cultures, but Cai Yuanpei is able to allow them to coexist.

He invited people such as Chen Duxiu, who supported the New Culture Movement; and at the same time, people such as Gu Hongming, who adhered to conservative academic traditions.

This allows scholars with different perspectives to communicate in the same institution.

This concept breaks the old academic framework, revitalizes the thinking of Peking University teachers and students, and attracts many students from all over the world to study.

This educational concept not only has an impact on Peking University, but also has universal significance. It has also inspired other schools and prompted many schools to begin to explore open and inclusive education approaches.

The openness and tolerance brought by Cai Yuanpei also brought changes in the academic style.

The once traditional study style of rote memorization has gradually transformed into thinking, exploration and innovation.

Students' vision is no longer limited to a single theory. They begin to read widely and absorb nutrients from various ideas.

Cai Yuanpei was keen on revolution in his early years.

He founded organizations such as the Patriotic Women's School and the Patriotic Society in Shanghai. These places became key positions of the revolution at that time.

In the Patriotic Society, some senior students even secretly joined the Tongmenghui.

These seemingly educational institutions laid the foundation for the success of the Revolution of 1911.

The young people who studied here were also infected with revolutionary ideas in the process of absorbing knowledge, and many of them became the core force of the revolution in the future.

From the Revolution of 1911 to the May 4th Movement, Cai Yuanpei always stood in the vanguard of national welfare.

He was worried about the future of the country, shuttled between patriotism and education, and embodied his unique revolutionary beliefs through practical actions.

When the May Fourth Movement broke out, Cai Yuanpei was in charge of Peking University.

The core demand of this movement is to oppose the Beiyang government's diplomatic humiliation of power and humiliation of the country.

Cai Yuanpei is well aware of the students' patriotic enthusiasm, and he sympathizes with and supports the students in his heart.

But he had to take the blame and resign.

On the one hand, this reflects people's aversion to the authorities' suppression of patriotic activities; on the other hand, it also reflects his concern that the student movement is sometimes too expanded and radical.

After that, he repeatedly put forward educational propositions based on "nationalism".

He advocated that students who want to save the nation should focus on academic research and should not neglect their studies because of their participation in national salvation activities.

That view sparked widespread discussion at the time, and everyone had a new understanding of the connection between education and national salvation.

Cai Yuanpei was known as a "remote leader" during his time at Peking University. Although he was not directly involved in daily management, he was a highly respected "spiritual leader" in the hearts of teachers and students.

Under his influence, Peking University transformed from a traditional institution to a modern university.

Both the academic atmosphere and the school's management model have become more scientific and reasonable.

His educational philosophy is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Not only have teachers’ teaching methods changed, but students have also become more proactive in their pursuit of knowledge.

Cai Yuanpei inspired many people who later achieved outstanding achievements in education and other fields. They successfully carried forward the excellent traditions of Peking University.

The "September 18th" incident shattered the dreams of Cai Yuanpei and others.

His speeches and actions in his later years seemed to have nothing to do with education, but in fact, they were still rooted in the ideological system of "statism."

Mr. Cai Yuanpei has always struggled on the road of saving and strengthening the country throughout his life. His patriotism is like an endless cycle, starting from devoting himself to the cause of saving the country, then exploring the road to strengthening the country, then devoting himself to serving the country, and finally returning to his original intention of saving the country.

This patriotic feeling always runs through his life.

His educational career has gone through many stages and took different forms, but he has always moved firmly towards the purpose of serving the country and the people.

His understanding of the value of education has always been closely linked to the fate of the country.

Cai Yuanpei is a well-deserved pioneer and leader in the field of modern Chinese university education, and he is also an outstanding leader.

His educational concepts, such as "inclusiveness" and "nationalism", and many other achievements laid the foundation for the subsequent development of university education.

Many universities are competing to imitate Cai Yuanpei's school-running model and have carried out a series of reforms in discipline construction, talent training and other fields.

Without Cai Yuanpei, the development of modern education in China might have fallen many steps behind.

Cai Yuanpei's life was full of ups and downs, and his educational concepts and patriotic enthusiasm deserve our in-depth discussion.

So which contribution of Cai Yuanpei do you think has touched you the most?