光绪28年(1902年),蔡元培、章炳麟等发起成立文化团体中国教育会。当年,南洋公学压制学生言论自由,引发学潮,二百多名学生被勒令退学。中国教育会便设立爱国学社和爱国女学招收学生。学社不收学费,还供给膳宿,但经济十分困难。章炳麟等为《苏报》撰稿,用每月所得稿酬,作为教师薪金和学社经费,学社才得勉强维持。数月后,因入不敷出陷于困境。蔡元培决定亲自去南京,向好友蒯光典借款。动身之日,他儿子突患急病。身为父亲的蔡元培虽不忍离开,然公务在身,又非走不可,否则会影响学社生存。他拜托章士钊将儿子急送医院,自己便动身去南京。等到他坐车到达十六铺码头,正要登上江天轮时,乌目山僧急急赶到,报告他儿子病逝噩耗。蔡元培默默无言,热泪涌流,托乌目山僧为儿子料理后事,自己毅然挥泪登船,前往南京。 28 years Guangxu (1902), Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Binglin initiated the establishment of cultural groups China Education Association. That year, Nanyang Public School suppressed students freedom of speech, triggering a wave of learning, more than 200 students were ordered to withdraw from school. China Education Association will set up Patriotic Society and patriotic girls enrollment of students. Schools do not charge tuition, but also provide accommodation, but the economy is very difficult. Zhang Binglin et al. Wrote articles for the “Soviet Newspaper.” Using the monthly remuneration as a teacher’s salary and school expenses, the academy barely maintained. A few months later, due to make ends meet. Cai Yuanpei decided to go personally to Nanjing to borrow money from his friends. The day of his departure, his son sudden sudden illness. Although his father Cai Yuanpei can not bear to leave, but the official body, nor can not go wrong, otherwise it will affect the club to survive. He asked Zhang Shizhao to send his son to hospital urgently, and he left for Nanjing. Wait until he arrived at the Shiliupu pier by car, was about to board the Jiang Tianlun, Uchiyama monk hurriedly rushed to report his son died of bad news. Tsai Yuan-pei silently, tears flow, Tuwu mountain monk for his son cooking funeral, he decided to embark on a flight of tears to Nanjing.