Shi Jing University Hall is the predecessor of Peking University. Shi Jing University Hall was the highest institution of learning in China at that time, and it was also the first highest educational administrative organ in China. It exercised management functions and governed national education. 1902, the Qing government rebuilt Shi Jing University Hall, offering two courses: crash course and preparation course. 1862 Shi Jing wentongtang, which was founded during the westernization movement, was also merged into the university hall. In the same year, Teachers College of imperial academy and Shi Jing University was established. ? 1965438+On May 4th, 2002, the official discipline of Shi Jing University was renamed Peking University.

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Shi Jing University, founded during the Reform Movement of 1898, is the first comprehensive university founded by the central government in China. At the beginning of its establishment, it exercised dual functions, both as the highest institution of higher learning and as the highest educational administrative organ in China, governing provincial schools. In the same year, the library building of Shi Jing University Hall was completed, which is one of the earliest modern new libraries in China. 1900, Shi Jing University Hall was first attacked by the Boxer Rebellion, and then occupied as a barracks by the German-Russian invading army in Eight-Nation Alliance. The school buildings, books and equipment were seriously damaged, and the university auditorium was forced to close for two years.