蔡元培（1868-1940），字鹤卿，又字仲申、民友、孑民，乳名阿培，并曾化名蔡振、周子余，汉族，浙江绍兴山阴县人。革命家、教育家、政治家、民主进步人士。中华民国首任教育总长。1916年至1927年任北京大学校长，革新北大 “学术”与“自由”之风。1920年至1930年，蔡元培同时兼任中法大学校长。

Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), courtesy names Heqing, Zhongshen, Minyou, and Jiemin, infant name A'pei, pseudonyms Cai Zhen and Zhou Ziyu, was a native of Shanyin County in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. He was a revolutionist, educator, statesman, and pioneer in the study of Modern Chinese Ethnology. He was also the first Minister of Education in the provisional Republic of China. From 1916 to 1927, Cai  served as the president of Peking University and made pioneering reforms by advocating “academics” and “freedom”. From 1920 to 1930, he served as the president of China-French University.

　　北伐时期，国民政府奠都南京后，蔡主持教育行政委员会、筹设中华民国大学院及中央研究院，主导教育及学术体制改革。1928年至1940年，他专任中央研究院院长，贯彻对学术研究的主张。

During the Northern Expedition, he took charge of the Educational Administration Committee and prepared for the establishments of the University of the Republic of China and the Academia Sinica after Nanjing had been taken as the capital of the national government. He took the initiative in leading educational system and academic system reforms. From 1928 to 1940, he became the full-time president of the Academia Sinica and implemented his proposals for academic research.

　　蔡元培为人宽厚、恻隐为怀，对旧中国社会及陋俗有着透彻观察。他两度游学欧洲、亲炙文艺复兴后的科学精神及法国大革命后的思潮。他提倡民权与女权，倡导自由思想，致力革除“读书为官”的旧俗，开科学研究风气，重视公民道德教育及附带的世界观、人生观、美学教育。

Cai Yuanpei was good-natured and compassionate, who had a deep insight into the old Chinese society and its undesirable customs. During his two study tours in Europe, he closely experienced the scientific spirit of Post-renaissance and the ideologies after the French Revolution. He argued for civil rights, woman rights and free thoughts. He aslo committed himself to scientific research while trying to eliminate the old custom of “reading for powers and positions”. Meanwhile, he laid much emphasis on the civic education of virtues along with the education of people's world outlook, life outlook and aesthetic knowledge.

（中国网综合 翻译 尤迎宁）

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