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Cai Yuanpei
蔡元培
President of the Control Yuan
In office
1928 – 1929
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byZhao Daiwen [zh]
President of the Academia Sinica
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byChu Chia-Hua
Personal details
Born11 January 1868 (1868-01-11)
Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, Qing Dynasty
Died5 March 1940 (1940-03-06) (aged 72)
British Hong Kong
Spouse(s)Wang Zhao
(1889-1900, her death)
Huang Zhongyu
(1902.01.01-?, her death)
Zhou Jun
(1923.07.10-1940.03.05)
Children7 (including Cai Weilian)
ParentCai Guang (father)
Alma materLeipzig University
OccupationPhilosopher and politician
Chinese name
Chinese蔡元培
Courtesy name
Traditional Chinese鶴卿
Simplified Chinese鹤卿
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese孑民
Literal meaning"Lone Citizen"

Cai Yuanpei (Chinese: 蔡元培; pinyin: Cài Yuánpéi; 1868–1940) was a Chinese philosopher and politician who was an influential figure in the history of Chinese modern education. He made contributions to education reform with his own education ideology. He was the president of Peking University, and founder of the Academia Sinica. He was known for his critical evaluation of Chinese culture and synthesis of Chinese and Western thinking, including anarchism. He got involved in the New Culture, May Fourth Movements, and the feminist movement. His works involve aesthetic education, politics, education reform, etc.

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Literary Day

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were held across China. Well-known figures such as Liang Qichao and Cai Yuanpei published articles speaking highly of the student demonstrations. In...

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Laozi

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Mao Zedong

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most prominent radical doctrine of the day. Chinese anarchists, such as Cai Yuanpei, Chancellor of Peking University, called for complete social revolution...

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Shaoxing

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Redology

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New Youth

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gradually expanded. In Volume 3, senior scholars such as Zhang Shizhao, Cai Yuanpei, and Qian Xuantong were added to the group of authors. However, there...

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Li Dazhao

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endorsed the representative system. In January 1918, Li was hired by Cai Yuanpei to be the head of the library at Peking University (Beijing University)...

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Sun Tzu

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Confucius

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north-east and central China including Wey, Song, Zheng, Cao, Chu, Qi, Chen, and Cai (and a failed attempt to go to Jin). At the courts of these states, he expounded...

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Tao Te Ching

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Li Shizeng

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students to France for work in factories. In the 1920s, Li, Zhang, Wu, and Cai Yuanpei were known as the anti-communist "Four Elders" of the Chinese Nationalist...

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Filial piety

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Li Si

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draconian punishments inherited from Shang Yang. Li Si was originally from Cai in the state of Chu. As a young man he was a minor functionary in the local...

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Yin and yang

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Shanghai massacre

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