Wherever he is, Tsinghua is wherever he is.
He is the most popular principal in the Republic of China. In that era when great writers were everywhere "polite greetings" with each other, no one had ever said bad things about him, and every writer who had contacted him would sincerely praise him.
The gentlemanship of the generation goes with the wind, and there is no more Mei Yiqi in the world. He was the principal of Tsinghua University for 31 years, but he set up a stall and sold pastries with his wife to make a living. He survived with difficulty. During his tenure, her daughter was not admitted to Tsinghua University High School because of her unqualified grades.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he made the poorest university in China the Mount Everest in the history of education, and gave birth to Southwest Associated University , and cultivated Yang Zhenning , Deng Jiaxian , Li Zhengdao , Qian Xuesen Li Yuanzhe and other master-level students.
1889, Mei Yiqi was born in a scholarly family in Tianjin. At the age of 15, she became the first student of Nankai . At the age of 20, she was admitted to the first batch of Tsinghua University's public-funded students in the United States. After returning to China, she taught in the Department of Physics of Tsinghua University.
In 1931, Mei Yiqi officially became the principal of Tsinghua University. The situation was bleak and the sea of learning was turbulent. Several principals of Tsinghua University were driven out by teachers and students, but then he was deeply loved by Tsinghua teachers and students.
At any time, the students' slogan is "Oppose XX and XX and support Principal Mei!" During Mei Yiqi's tenure as principal, she advocated academic independence, free education , and selected talents in an unconventional manner. For example, Hua Luogeng with junior high school education.
At the same time, he attached great importance to physical education, believing that "civilization of its spirit and barbarism of its physique" made Tsinghua University the university that valued sports the most at that time.
His life only accomplished one thing, that is, he successfully took over Tsinghua University and laid the foundation for Tsinghua school format.
1 is the strict selection and postponement of faculty talents. This is the specific manifestation of "the so-called great people are not like buildings, but like masters";
2 is the implementation of a democratic system of collective leadership, which is the successful establishment of the administrative system composed of professors, councils and school affairs meetings.
He once said, "In a university, the president is not the protagonist, the protagonist is a professor, and the president just moves chairs and stools for professors."
Chen Daisun: Mei Yiqi has always been a professor at Tsinghua University. From a emotional perspective and a basic point of view of education, he is consistent with the majority of teachers. He is approachable, has a democratic style, and often seeks teachers' opinions in the school, which is also related to his humble personality.
Chen Yinke : If a government law can speak to Mr. Mei so strictly and with so little, that government is the most ideal.
Zhang Jingyu: Anyone who has come into contact with Principal Mei knows that he is a taciturn person. No matter at any time or anywhere, he is unwilling to speak easily. He even gets along with friendly or confidant, and is cautious in speaking. But in a certain situation, if he has to speak, he can talk quietly, express his own intentions, and there is something in his words, which is full of wit.
1937, the national crisis occurred in the southwest Associated University, three schools in Tsinghua University, Peking University, Nankai University formed Southwest Associated University, with Mr. Mei Yiqi as the chairman of the school committee. Mei Yiqi invited Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin to design the Southwest Associated University campus, but he turned the high-rise buildings into low-rise buildings, low-rise buildings into flat buildings, and flat buildings into rows of thatched huts. This shabby university was built.
This university has created a unique miracle in the history of Chinese education. From here, it has emerged the winner of Nobel Prize , two bombs and one satellite heroes, and hundreds of academicians.
Once someone asked Mr. Mei Yiqi, "Why did Southwest Associated University train so many talents in eight years than Tsinghua University, Peking University and Nankai before Nankai?"
He answered two words, "freedom". Wang Zengqi once recalled: "The teacher is absolutely free to teach, and he is in his own hands. The teacher is proud of innovation and is ashamed to read the text according to his text.
1955, he founded Tsinghua University in Taiwan, and he was praised by both sides of the Taiwan Strait as the eternal principal of Tsinghua University.
1962, Mr. Mei Yiqi passed away. He had no real estate, no deposits, and no inheritance for his children.
He is Mei Yiqi, wherever he is, Tsinghua will be. He told the world that anyone can be kitsch, but the university president cannot.
