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Born in Shānyīn Village, Shaoxing Subprefecture, Zhejiang Province, Cai was appointed to the Hanlin Imperial Academy at 26. In 1898, he became involved in administering institutes and became:
He established Guangfuhui in 1904 and joined Tongmenghui the next year. After studying philosophy, psychology, and art history in the Universit?t Leipzig of Germany in 1907, he became the provisional Republic's Minister of Education in January 1912, but later resigned during Yuan Shikai's presidency. He then return to Germany, and then went to France. Cai return to China in 1916 to became the Chancellor of Peking University the next year. In 1927, he co-founded the National College of Music, which later became the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In April 1928, he became the first president of the Academia Sinica. Cai proposed the equal importance of five ways of life -- "Virtue, Wisdom, Health, Collective, and Beauty" (德、智、體、群、美) -- that are still learned as a slogan today in Taiwan. He was also an opponent of foot binding and concubinage, as well as being a proponent of divorce and remarriage. Cai Yuanpei died at the age of 76 in Hong Kong. Category:1868 births|Cai Yuanpei<!-- Please do not change the name order. --> Category:1940 deaths|Cai Yuanpei<!-- It's normal for a Chinese name. --> Category:Chinese people zh-cn:蔡元培 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Cai Yuanpei".
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