HIST 191 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Xu Xilin, Cai Yuanpei, Qiu Jin

• School: University of Oregon
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 191
• Professor: Ina Asim

Document Summary

History 191 lecture 9 key players of the revolution. Cai yuanpei (1868 1940: he was educated in the traditional system preparing him for the life of an official. Instead, he went to study philosophy, psychology and art history in germany: h promoted western education but rejected western imperialism and became one of the leading figures of the new culture movement. In 1904, he established a revolutionary society directed against the qing regime called. Restoration society" of which qiu jin and her cousin xu xilin were members: as the president of beijing university, he supported the students of the may 4th. Movement by resigning briefly as president: he resigned from office in 1922 and went back to france where he had spent time traveling and supporting the student-worker movement" during his time as a student in. Germany: he also studied the french education system which he aimed to use as a model for the new education system of the republic.