蔡元培生活于晚清与民国剧烈的社会大变动时代,总其一生,走过了前进-曲折-再前进的历程。作为民国时期最重要的教育家和教育改革的卓越先驱,他“为发展中国教育文化事业勋劳卓著”。民国教育史上的许多重大变革,都与他的名字紧密相联。从1917年到1927年,任北京大学校长十年的有限时间里,蔡元培对新文化启蒙时期的中国大学改革和发展进行了大胆的创新性改革。 Cai Yuanpei lived in an era of drastic social changes in the late Qing and Republic of China. Throughout his life, Cai Yuanpei went through a process of twists and turns - re-advancing. As a forerunner of the most important educator and educational reform in the Republic of China, he “made outstanding efforts in developing education and cultural undertakings in China.” Many major changes in the history of the Republican education are closely linked with his name. From 1917 to 1927, ten years as president of Peking University, Cai Yuanpei boldly and creatively reformed the reform and development of Chinese universities during the period of enlightenment of new culture.