张百熙与京师大学堂的恢复重建

Zhang Baixi and Reconstruction of Peking Imperial University

张百熙在就任管学大臣期间为重建和发展京师大学堂采取了一系列措施:主持制定了我国第一个以政府名义颁布的全国性的学校章程;修建校舍,扩大学校规模;整顿管理层,加强教师队伍建设等。这些措施对恢复重建京师大学堂产生了积极作用:认真选聘、严格管理西方教员,提高了师资质量;允许科考、奖励出身,保证了学堂招生;资金上开源节流并举降低了办学成本,保证了办学经费。

Zhang Baixi, the famous educator and reformer in the late Qing Dynasty, took a series of measures in the reconstruction of Peking Imperial University. He formulated a national constitution issued for the first time in the name of government when he was an education chancellor. He expanded the school scale, consolidated executives and strengthened the development of teachers, which played a positive role in the reconstruction of Peking Imperial University. He took a rigorous approach to recruiting and administrating Western teachers, thus improving teachers＇ qualities. He did his utmost to increase income and reduce expenditure with a view of ensuring school funds.