Cai Yuanpei
| Cai Yuanpei | |
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| President of the Control Yuan | |
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In office 1928 — 1929 |
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| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Zhao Daiwen |
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| Born |
蔡元培 January 11, 1868 Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China |
| Died |
March 5, 1940 (aged 72) Hong Kong |
| Spouse(s) | Wang Zhao (1889-1900, her death) Huang Zhongyu (1902.01.01－?, her death) Zhou Jun (1923.07.10－1940.03.05) |
| Children | 7 |
| Parents | Cai Guang (father) |
| Alma mater | Universität Leipzig |
| Occupation | President of Peking University; Revolutionary, Educator and Politician |
| Cai Yuanpei | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 蔡元培 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鶴卿 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 鹤卿 | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 孑民 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Lone Citizen" | ||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Cài Yuánpéi |
| Wade–Giles | Ts'ai4 Yüan2-p'ei2 |
| IPA | [tsʰâi ɥɛ̌npʰěi] |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Hèqīng |
| Wade–Giles | Ho-ch'ing |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Jiémín |
| Wade–Giles | Chieh-min |
Cai Yuanpei (Chinese: 蔡元培; January 11, 1868 – March 5, 1940) was a Chinese educator, Esperantist, president of Peking University, and founder of the Academia Sinica. He was known for his critical evaluation of Chinese culture and synthesis of Chinese and Western thinking, including anarchism. At Peking University he assembled influential figures in the New Culture and May Fourth Movements.
Born in Shānyīn County, Shaoxing prefecture, Zhejiang, Cai was appointed to the Hanlin Imperial Academy at 26. In 1898, he became involved in administering institutes and became:
He established Guangfuhui in 1904 and joined Tongmenghui in Paris the next year, and became a member of the Chinese anarchist group led by Wu Zhihui, and Li Shizeng. After studying philosophy, psychology, and art history in the Universität Leipzig of Germany in 1907 under Karl Lamprecht and Wilhelm Wundt, he served as the provisional Republic's Minister of Education in January 1912, but later resigned during Yuan Shikai's presidency. Subsequently, he returned to Germany, and then went to France.
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