摘要
Located in the southern part of Tianjin,a municipality neighboring Beijing,Nankai University was founded in August 1919.Over the past 100 years,the university has been a mosaic of China’s history.At the time of its birth,China was struggling under the rule of warlords who were battling for dominance after the fall of the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911),the last imperial dynasty of the country,and was in a fragmented state.Zhang Boling and Yan Xiu,two patriotic educators from Tianjin,had learned about modern educational systems abroad and decided to establish a modern system in their hometown to practice the philosophy of Saving the Nation Through Education.They started with Nankai Middle School in 1912.
