Peking University

History

Peking University was established in December 1898 during the Hundred Days Reform and was originally known as the Imperial Capital University ({{zh-tsp|s=?????|t=京師大學堂|p=jīng shī dà xué táng}}). In 1912, following the Xinhai Revolution, the Imperial Capital University was renamed the National Peking University (??????).

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1898 - Hundred Days Reform - 1912 - Xinhai Revolution

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The famous scholar Cai Yuanpei was appointed president on January 4 1917 and helped transform the university into the country's largest institution of higher learning, with 14 departments and an enrollment of more than 2,000 students. Cai, inspired by the German model of academic freedom, recruited an intellectually diverse faculty that included Hu Shih, Chen Duxiu, and Lu Xun. In 1919 students of Peking University formed the bulk of the protesters of the May Fourth Movement. Efforts by the Beiyang government to end to protests by sealing off the Peking University campus led to Cai's resignation. In 1920 Peking University became the second Chinese university to accept female students, after Nanjing University.

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Cai Yuanpei - January 4 - 1917 - Hu Shih - Chen Duxiu - Lu Xun - May Fourth Movement - 1920 - Nanjing University

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During the Second Sino-Japanese War (and resulting Japanese occupation of east China), Peking University moved to Kunming and formed the National Southwestern United University, along with Tsinghua University and Nankai University. In 1946, after World War II, Peking University moved back to Beijing. At that time, the university comprised six schools (Arts, Science, Law, Medicine, Engineering, and Agriculture), and a research institute for humanities. The total student enrollment grew up to 3,000.

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Second Sino-Japanese War - Kunming - National Southwestern United University - Tsinghua University - Nankai University - 1946 - World War II - Beijing - Arts - Science - Law - Medicine - Engineering - Agriculture

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After the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, Yenching University was merged into Peking University and Peking University lost its "national" appellation to reflect the fact that all universities under the new socialist state would be public. In 1952 Peking University moved from downtown Beijing to the formerYenching campus.

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People's Republic of China - 1949 - Yenching University

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In 2000, Beijing Medical University was merged into Peking University and became the Peking University Health Science Center'.

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2000 - Beijing Medical University - Peking University Health Science Center

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