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Nanjing (1906-1923)
Jinan University was built in an epoch of difficulties and reverse when China gradually declined to a semicolonial and semifeudal society after the opium War occurred in the mid-nineteenth century. Beseiged by internal and external difficulites and hardships, the Qing government had to seek new ways to adapt to and survive the changing world. The government conducted a series of refor: abolishing the imperial examination system had lasted for more than a thousand years in China and building new schools, opening the country to foreign trade, and changing their attitude of discrimination toward the overseas Chinese. Then in 1906, after conducting surveys on educational situations of overseas Chinese communities, the Qing government set up Jinan School in Nanjing, which enrolled overseas Chinese students especially. the school day commenced on March 23 rd the nexe year. Mr. Zheng Hongnian took up the post as the first headmaster of the school. The name of the school ¡° Jinan ¡± is from an classic acient Chinese work, which embedded the underlying purpose of the school: to spread the Chinese Culture to all corners of the world. The school adopt a plan to maintain a student population of 500 students.
Then in 1917, the school was renamed as National Jinan School. The school secessively set up two departments (education and business), cram school, middle school and primary school. In 1921, the Business department was relocated to Xujiahui of Shanghai, and in the same year it merged with South-east University into Shanghai University of Commerce. In March of 1922, the Board of trustees of Jinan School was founded, of which the members included Huang Yanpei, Fang Yuanlian, Yuan Xitao, Lin Wenqing, Shi Liangcai, Zheng Hongnian, Zhang Xuan etc.
Duan Fang,
Founder of Jinan School, Governer-general of Jiangxi and Jiangnan. |
Chen Botao,
a governer of Qing Government, who named the school as ¡° Jinan School ¡± . |
Zheng Hongnian,
the first headmaster of Jinan School
(Term of Office: 1907-1909.1)
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The first batch of overseas Chinese students of Jinan School, who were leaving Java for China in 1907. The photo was taken before they left Java Island. |
Emperor Guangxu ' s written comment on the manuscript summitted by Duan Fang in 1907 about conditions on the out-of-school children in overseas Chinese communities. |
a print-out copy of Duan Fang ' s report on conditions of the out-of-school on January 17 th , 1907 |
The first 21 overseas students of Jinan University arrived in Nanjing from Java island in Febuary 1907. |
Duan Fang and first batch of students and teachers of Jinan School took photoes together in 1907. |
Emperor Guangxu ' s written comment on the manuscript summitted by Duan Fang in June 22 nd , 1907 about the plan of building a Jinan School for overseas Chinese. |
A print-out copy of the plan of building a Jinan School for overseas Chinese. on June 22 nd , 1907. |
The gate of National Jinan School in Nanjing Period. |
The boundary monument of National Jinan School in 1917. |
Landscape of National Jinan School |
Landscape of National Jinan School in its Nanjing Period. |
Mr. Huang Yanbei,
Who took charge of the school in 1917. |
Mr. Zhao Zhengping,
President of National Jinan School
(Term of Office:
1918-summer ,1920;
Autumn,1921-Summer,1925 )
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Mr. Ke Chengmao,
President of National Jinan School
(Term of Office:
summer,1920
-autumn, 1921) |
Mr. Zhang Jian,
Member of Broad of Trustees (the No.3 from right-hand side, front row), who took a photo with the students who were going to have survey in Nan Tong in April, 1918. |
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