Foreword
Preface to the English Edition
Introduction
Chapter I Catalysts for Education: The Opium War, the Trend of Reformist Thinking, and the Westernization Movement
Chapter II The Fie Struggles between the Westernizationists and the Conservatives over Tongwenguan of Peking
Chapter III The Development of Tongwenguan of Peking
Chapter IV The Legacy and Influence of Tongwenguan
Chapter V From the Society for Self-Strengthening to the Official Publishing Bureau: Preparations for the Imperial University of Peking
Chapter VI The Hundred Days�� Reform and the Official Launch of the Imperial University of Peking
Chapter VII The Rectification of the Imperial University of Peking
Chapter VIII Guangxu, Cixi, and the Three Statutes of the Imperial University of Peking
Chapter IX The Imperial University: Curriculum Design and Implementation of Teaching
Chapter X Administration, Rules, and Regulations of the Imperial University of Peking
Chapter XI The Imperial University of Peking and Its Affiliated Structures
Chapter XII The Road to Democracy and Science
Chapter XIII Connecting the Past and the Present: the First National Institution of Higher Learning in Modern China
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