Mr. Cai Yuanpei believes: "All moral principles are based on self-cultivation, and self-cultivation is based on sports."

"All morality is definitely not weak. If you want to practice morality, promote the country, and fulfill your vocation in life, you must start with sports."

Sports is closely related to intellectual education, and the spirit of health must be embodied in health. Strong body!

Education Independence Thought

As a trend of thought, "Education Independence" sprouted before the May Fourth Movement and developed and flourished in the 1920s. Due to warlord warfare, economic decline, and the Beiyang government not paying attention to education, the proportion of education funding in the national budget was extremely low. For example, around 1920, education funding only accounted for about 1.2% of the national budget. The limited funds within the budget are often embezzled and misappropriated, and cannot be fully allocated, resulting in a huge shortage of education funds and an unsustainable level of education.

Cai Yuanpei has always regarded education as the basic way to save the country, and respected ideological and academic freedom. In addition, as the president of Peking University, he has a deep sense of the constraints and destruction of education by government bureaucrats. Therefore, he is an active advocate and advocate of educational independence. supporters and guide them theoretically. In March 1922, he published the article "Proposal for Educational Independence" in "New Education", clarifying the basic views and methods of educational independence, which became an important chapter in the ideological trend of educational independence.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Cai Yuanpei