New Interpretation of Cai Yuanpei's Idea of the Reform of Peking University and Its Modern Value

Cai Yuanpei,the first president of Peking University,made the school a modern university by adhering togoverning a university by professorsand following the principle ofthought freedom and coexistence of different schools of thoughts,thus leading other Chinese universities to modernization.This is surely a great contribution to the modernization of China's higher education and society.So research into the relationship between Cai Yuanpei's idea of the reform of Peking University and the process of modernalization of China's higher education will shed light on how to construct a number of internationally famous universities or disciplines through systematic reforms.