First education minister of the Republic of China and, from 1917, president of 北京大学, which he opened to scholars of every school under the motto 兼容并包, making it the centre of the May Fourth Movement.
Cai Yuanpei advocated 'freedom of thought, inclusivity of all schools'.
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The principle is usually quoted as 思想自由，兼容并包, 'freedom of thought, room for all'. At 北大 he hired radicals such as 陈独秀 and 李大钊 alongside the royalist 辜鸿铭, who still wore his Qing queue to class.
