ForewordPreface to the English EditionIntroductionChapter I Catalysts for Education: The Opium War, the Trend of Reformist Thinking, and the Westernization MovementChapter II The Fie Struggles between the Westernizationists and the Conservatives over Tongwenguan of PekingChapter III The Development of Tongwenguan of PekingChapter IV The Legacy and Influence of TongwenguanChapter V From the Society for Self-Strengthening to the Official Publishing Bureau: Preparations for the Imperial University of PekingChapter VI The Hundred Days’ Reform and the Official Launch of the Imperial University of PekingChapter VII The Rectification of the Imperial University of PekingChapter VIII Guangxu, Cixi, and the Three Statutes of the Imperial University of PekingChapter IX The Imperial University: Curriculum Design and Implementation of TeachingChapter X Administration, Rules, and Regulations of the Imperial University of PekingChapter XI The Imperial University of Peking and Its Affiliated StructuresChapter XII The Road to Democracy and ScienceChapter XIII Connecting the Past and the Present: the First National Institution of Higher Learning in Modern ChinaGlossaryPersonal names in this bookPlace names in this book