The Re-annotation of"Incorporating Diverse Things" Put forward by CAI Yuan-pei

In all the previous research,theincorporating diverse thingshas always been used as a definite conclusion,the problem of which lies in the ignorance of solid interaction between thoughts and practice which leads to the complanation and static state of research.CAI Yuan-pei s explanation ofincor-porating diverse thingsunderwent a process during which he gradually deepened his idea.During the first two years(1917-1918) of reform in Peking University,starting from improving the academic atmosphere there,CAI Yuan-pei hoped that the tradition of pursuing scholarship in German universities could be transplanted to Peking University and that Peking University could be built as an institution where people pursuingadvanced knowledgeby putting an emphasis on the coexisting of different academic schools.This idea was compatible with CAI s academic preference,and the coexisting of different academic schools had made great success.However,the range of the that could be incorporated was not as wide as people thought.The conflicts in personnel affairs and the unique status of Peking University in the begin-ning of People s Republic can be regarded as the united force through whichincorporating diverse things could be realized in certain degree.By debating heatedly with Lin Shu,with his good academic reputation and social prestige well as the concerted effort by the school of New Culture,CAI Yuan-pei made the idea ofincorporating diverse thingsnoticed by the public as a major idea of reform in Peking University.