(中国高等教育一个世纪的自强不息) 6 min read The keju (科举), or imperial examination system, was established during the Sui Dynasty (隋朝) in the 6th century to select civil servants. By the Ming and Qing dynasties (明清), from the 14th to the 19th centuries, the entire intellectual class had become deeply engrossed in these examinations. Every two to […]
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(战火中锻造的西南联大) 7 min read In 1937, China’s Peking University (北京大学), Tsinghua University (清华大学), and Nankai University (南开大学) temporarily merged and relocated—first to Changsha in Hunan Province (湖南长沙) and later to Kunming in Yunnan Province (云南昆明). In Kunming, the institution adopted a new name: the National Southwest Associated University (国立西南联合大学), or Xinan Lianda (西南联大) for short.
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(清末民初海归对文学的贡献) 8 min read From the late 19th to the early 20th century, the transition from the Late Qing Dynasty to the Early Republic of China marked a watershed moment in modern Chinese history. Long-standing imperial institutions were increasingly exposed and threatened by Western military power, political systems, and cultural values. In response, a generation
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