Book Title

University Education

ISBN: 978-1-967368-05-1

Author

Cai Yuanpei

Translator

Ma Hailan

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A Brief Introduction to the Translator

Hailan Ma ¹, PhD in English Linguistics, is an associate professor in the Faculty of Foreign Languages at Guangdong Ocean University ², China. Her main research areas are conversation analysis and the ecolinguistic study of Leizhou folk songs. She has published two academic monographs. This translation was supported by the Characteristic Innovation Project of Universities in Guangdong Province “Ecological Analysis of Leizhou Folk Songs” (No. 2023WTSCX036) ³, the Research Start-Up Funded Project of Guangdong Ocean University “An innovative study of intended misunderstanding in English and Chinese from the perspective of ecolinguistics” (No. 060302162101) ⁴, and the South China Sea Corpus Research Center of Guangdong Ocean University ⁵.

Author’s Introduction

On the Reform of Peking University 2

Inaugural Address as President of Government University of Peking 3

Design Explanation of the Flag of National University of Peking 8

Facts and Reasons for University Restructuring 12

Speech at the Founding of the Society for Journalism Studies of Government University of Peking 20

Speech at the Research Institute of Painting Techniques of Government University of Peking 23

Editorial for the Inaugural Issue of the Monthly of Government University of Peking 26

Opening Speech at National University of Peking on the First Day of the Academic Year 30

Speech at the Welcome Ceremony of Edinburgh’s Association and Academic Research Society of Students from the Republic of China 33

Speech on the Opening Day of Night School for the Common People by National University of Peking 40

Inscription for the Commemorative Publication of the Philosophy Department Alumni Association of National University of Peking 43

Preface to the Commemorative Publication for the Thirty-First Anniversary of National University of Peking 44

My Experiences at National University of Peking 46

On Students 62

Expectations for Students 63

Reflections After May Fourth Movement and Hopes for the Future 70

Knowledge and National Salvation 73

What Qualifies as a Modern Student 77

On Educational Philosophy 86

Perspectives on New Education 87

The Differences Between New and Old Education 99

Speech for the Fourth Anniversary of the University of China 104

Speech Delivered at the Joint Meeting of the Three Societies on Diligence and Learning at Nankai School 108

A Speech at Yude School in Baoding 113

Preface to the Outline of Ancient Chinese Philosophy 117

The Cultivation of Science 121

A Speech Delivered at the Periodical Office of Education and Society of Beijing Higher Normal School 127

On the Independence of Education 132

Preface to The Methodology of Sociology 136

University Education 141

My Reading Experience 149

On the Issue of Studying the Classics 152

On Culture 155

The Assimilation of Civilization 156

Foreword to the Inaugural Issue of Academic Trends (学风) 159

Speech Delivered to the Advanced Division of Tsinghua College 170

The Fusion of Eastern and Western Cultures 176

Remarks at John Dewey’s Sixtieth Birthday Dinner 179

On Worldviews 183

Worldview and Perspective on Life 184

Floods and Beasts 192

The Sacredness of Labor 194

Obligations and Rights 196

Aesthetic Education 201

Substituting Aesthetic Education for Religion 209

Aesthetic Education and Life 218

On the Life 221

Biographical Overview (Part I) 222

Biographical Overview (Part II) 257