蔡元培

Cài Yuánpéi
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), Chinese educator and philosopher, president of Peking University (1917-1927), architect of modern Chinese higher education

Examples

HSK 2
Cài Yuánpéi dāng guo Běidà xiàozhǎng.
Cai Yuanpei served as president of Peking University.
HSK 7-9
Cài Yuánpéi tíchàng ' sīxiǎng zìyóu, jiānróng-bìngbāo '.
Cai Yuanpei advocated 'freedom of thought, inclusivity of all schools'.

Tips

history
蔡元培's principle 兼容并包 ('inclusive of all') turned 北大 into the cradle of the May Fourth Movement - he hired radicals like 陈独秀 and 李大钊 alongside conservative classical scholars, creating the intellectual ferment that launched modern China.

Stroke Order

Cài
yuán
péi