Cai yuanpei biography of michael

Cai Yuanpei (Chinese: 蔡元培)(), the leading liberal educator of early twentieth-century China, was best known for being the Republic of China’s first Minister of Education, Chancellor of Peking University, and the founder and first president of the Academia Sinica, China’s highest national research institute.

He was also noted for his pioneering work in reforming the system of traditional education and for his efforts to synthesize Chinese and Western educational ideas.

Biographical sketch

Cai Yuanpei was born on January 11, in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province.

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Cai Yuanpei was born on 11 January in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province.

Cai Yuanpei was an educator and revolutionary who served as head of Peking University in Beijing from to during the critical.

Cai Yuanpei, then president of Beijing University, rejoiced over the Allies' victory and China's contribution to it.

Cai Yuanpei, one of Liu's supporters, believed that Liu's academy was the first; see his "Sanshiwu nian lai zhongguo zhi xinwenhua" (China's New Culture.

As his father was the manager of a local bank, Cai had a comfortable family life. This enabled him to receive a traditional education which concentrated on knowledge of the classics and to successfully complete the civil-service examinations.

At the age of 22, Cai earned the title of jinshi (doctorate) and became a member of the Hanlin Academy, the highest honor accorded to a scholar in feudal China. In he was