Academic Freedom and Spirit of University in Modern China

The academic freedom is university's soul,and only when the university has fully enjoyed the academic right of independence can it truly retrieve the university's ego.The university also enjoys other rights.In the time of Republic of China,CAI Yuan-pei founded the Peking University spirit,and CHEN Yin-ke ignited the Qinghua torch.Both these formed the spirit of China's modern academic freedom.During the resplendency of Peking University,there were HU Shi of liberalism,CHEN Du-xiu of radicalism and LIANG Shu-ming of conservatism,who displayed their own viewpoints and thoughts in the university.CAI Yuan-pei represented the free school thought of Peking University authority while HU,CHEN and LIANG represented the free academic state of Peking University.That was why Peking University could be reckoned to propose something new and different,which constructed the foundation for its leading the glorious history of China's humanities and social sciences,and,to certain extent,the academic tradition of Southwest Union University was the miniature of the university academic spirit in the time of Republic of China.