History and the Humanities
University idea in China mainly went through three historical stages: first,from Emperor Hanwu to late Qing dynasty,when the educational ideal of "ethics standard" was worshiped;second,from 1905 in which late Qing government made the significant decision of "abolish the imperial examination,build public schools" to before 1949 in which the People's Republic of China was founded,during which stage the university idea of "attach importance to rationality,academic freedom" which is the core of western modern universities got widely spread;third stage,since the foundation of China,we have explored "socialist educational idea with Chinese characteristics" in a zigzag way.It's a strategic project for our educational front line to open a new prospect for China's education and university innovation,facing the future while learning from the history,after we have made scientific summary of the development track and experience of university ideas in China under the guidance of Marxist historic materialism.