Shanghai University

essential information

Historical evolution

the Republic of China era

On March 18, 1922, the private southeast normal college was founded in Qingyun square, Qingdao Road, Zhabei, Shanghai. The founders of the school are president Wang Litang, Dean Chen Jiwu and accountant Tang Shian. They set up three subjects of Chinese, English and fine arts and affiliated middle school to promote new culture, and recruited more than 160 students from Anhui Province. In order to speed up the training of more Communist Party cadres, the CPC Central Committee decided to set up a cadre college. Chen Duxiu, the first general secretary of the CPC, and Li Dazhao and others had planned many times. At this time, it was due to Wang Litang, Tang Shi'an, Chen Jiwu and others in Southeast Normal University who borrowed money to collect money and fled with money. The establishment of the students' autonomous association calls for the reorganization of school affairs. Chen Duxiu or yuan Laoyu of the Kuomintang are invited to be the president. Under the background of the cooperation between the KMT and the CPC, the CPC thought that it was more advantageous to invite the KMT to run the school, and the student autonomy Association accepted the CPC's opinion. After two entreaties from student representatives and persuasion from leading figures of the Kuomintang, such as Shao Lizi, Bai liewu, Liu Yazi, Yang Xingfo and ye Chulun, Yu Youren was moved by the earnest entreaties of student representatives and agreed to accept the invitation. He suggested that the name of the university be changed to the University of Shanghai, and personally inscribed the school board.

On October 23, 1922, Shanghai University was founded. The Republic of China Daily published an announcement: "our original name was southeast normal college. Because the word" Southeast "is the same as that of National Southeast University, we hereby decide to change the educational system from the reorganization meeting and name it" Shanghai University ". Mr. Yu Youren is the president of the University Shao Lizi (then a member of the Communist Party of China) was the vice president. There are more than 10 old Shikumen 2-story buildings. In 1923, on the recommendation of Li Dazhao, Deng Zhongxia, a member of the Communist Party, was appointed as the general secretary (later renamed as the dean of the school), and Qu Qiubai was appointed as the dean of the Department of sociology. The school affairs were mainly presided over by the Communists who joined the Kuomintang. At the beginning of the reform, Shanghai University set up two subjects: Literature (divided into Chinese and English groups), Fine Arts (divided into picture, sound and graphic engineering groups) and general subjects. After restructuring, it set up the Academy of Social Sciences (including the Department of Sociology), the Academy of literature and art (including the Department of Chinese literature and British Literature) and fine arts. In addition, it also set up a middle school and a Russian class. There are four kinds of compulsory foreign languages: English, German, Russian and Japanese. Each student is required to master two of them, and an optional course of Esperanto is attached. The Department of sociology has gradually become the largest department in the University, which mainly studies the basic theory of Marxism.

On August 8, 1923, the University held a meeting of all staff members, which decided to organize the Shanghai University Council to make decisions on major affairs of the University. Yu Youren is the chairman of the panel, and Deng Zhongxia, Qu Qiubai, Chen Wangdao, Shao Lizi and Chen Dezheng are the panel members. On August 11, Yu Youren set up a board of directors in Shanghai University. Sun Yat Sen served as the honorary school director, Cai Yuanpei, Wang Jingwei, Li Shizeng, Zhang Taiyan, Zhang Ji, Ma Yushan, Zhang Jingjiang, Shao Lizi and Ma Junwu served as the school directors. A school building committee was set up with Deng Zhongxia as the chairman and Zhang Ji and Shao Lizi as the consultants.

In 1923, Sun Yat Sen, Li Dazhao, Liao Zhongkai, Wang Jingwei, Liu Renjing, Hu Hanmin, Dai Jitao and others came to the university to give speeches. Sun Yat Sen hoped that Shangda would become a revolutionary school "to carry out our party's ideas and fulfill the duty of speech". He instructed: "in the future, we should allocate funds to Shangda on a monthly basis." The next year, it will be designated as the university run by the Kuomintang. Shanghai University never displayed the national flag of the Republic of China at that time, the five color flag, which was quite different from other universities in Shanghai. It used the flag of Shanghai University, which was composed of the KMT Party emblem and white characters on a blue background, and emphasized its opposition to the reactionary rule of the Beijing government.

On December 5, 1923, the University Council passed the "constitution of Shanghai University" and formulated the "detailed rules of the constitution of Shanghai University" according to the constitution, which made detailed provisions on major affairs and all aspects of work of the University. This month, the Council was changed into an executive committee, with Yu Youren serving as chairman of the Executive Committee in person and Deng Zhongxia, Qu Qiubai, ye chucheng, Shao Lizi, he Shizhen, Hong Ye, Han Juemin and Zeng Boying as members. Chen Wangdao later became the acting director of the school. The school administrators are Deng Zhongxia, Liu hanchu and Han Juemin. The academic administrators are Qu Qiubai and ye Chulun. The academic administrators are Shi Zhen and Chen Wangdao. Hong Ye is the director of Fine Arts Department, Zhang junmou and Chen Wangdao are the directors of Chinese Literature Department, Shi Zhen and Zhou Yueran are the directors of English Literature Department, Qu Qiubai, Shi Cuntong and Peng Shuzhi are the directors of Sociology Department, and Chen Dezheng, Yang Mingxuan, Hou Shaoqiu and Zhang Zuoren are the directors of affiliated middle school. Yu Youren, the president, let go of Communists and progressives and successively employed Cai Hesen, Zhang Tailei, Li Hanjun, Yun Daiying, Shen Yanbing, Zheng Chaolin, Ren Bishi, an Ticheng, Li Ji, Jiang Guangci, Yang Xianjiang, Xiao Chunu, Tian Han, Xiao Pusheng, Zheng Zhenduo, Gao Yuhan, Zhang Qiuren, Hu Puan, ZHOU Jianren, Yu Pingbo, Zhao Jingshen, Zhu Guangqian, Zhu Ziqing and Liu da Bai, Zhou Yueran, Feng Zikai, Huang Baoyue, Zhang Taiyan, Hu Shi, Guo Moruo, Wu Yuzhang, Shi Cuntong, Xie Liuyi, Xu Weinan, Li Zhonggan, Feng Zigong, Chen Baoyi, Ye Shengtao, Cao Juren, Fang Guangtao, Jiang Guangci and so on are teachers in the University.

In January 1924, the first National Congress of the Kuomintang decided to grant Shangda 1000 silver yuan a month. In that month, Shanghai Bookstore published 1-4 episodes of Shangda's social science handouts. In February, the school moved to 29 Ximo road and nearby shiyingli (now the location of Henglong square on Shaanxi North Road) to continue running the school, and set up the English mathematics higher tutorial course. The number of students increased from 160 to 400, including Li shuoxun (Li Peng's father). On March 31, under the leadership of Deng Zhongxia, Shanghai University set up a civilian school. The school aims to "popularize education and improve the level of the people". It is in the charge of Liu Hua, bu Shiqi, Lin Jun, Yang Zhihua, Zhu Yiquan and other staff and students. On April 10, president Yu Youren went to Guangzhou, where Shao Lizi acted as president. On April 15, the civilian school affiliated to Shanghai University opened. More than 280 workers and students attended the opening ceremony. Acting president Shao Lizi delivered a speech. In June, the Whampoa Military Academy founded by Dr. Sun Yat Sen started school, and he employed master students to hold important positions. Yun Daiying, Xiao Chunu, an Ticheng, Gao Yuhan and other faculty members of Shanghai University successively served as political instructors in Huangpu Military Academy. Deng Zhongxia, Shi Cuntong, etc. gave speeches at Huangpu Military Academy. The University also sent many students to apply for Huangpu.

In the second half of 1924, with master students above the Communist Party of China as the backbone, night schools for workers were set up in various areas with concentrated workers in Shanghai. Yun Daiying, Deng Zhongxia, Xiao Chunu, shaolizi, Ren Bishi, Shen Zemin, Liu Hua, Yang Zhihua, Liu Yiqing, Xue zhuojiang and other teachers and students took turns to attend night schools for workers and Pingmin to publicize the revolution, mobilize the masses, organize trade unions, and cultivate a number of backbone workers. In August, Cai Hesen's lecture "history of social evolution" in the Department of sociology was published by Minzhi book company. On October 10, at the 13th anniversary meeting of the 1911 Revolution, Guo Bohe, he Bingyi, Huang Ren and other college students gave speeches against warlords. However, they were instigated by the Kuomintang rightists to push the hooligans down from the stage. Guo Bohe, he Bingyi were injured, and Huang Ren died. Huang was the first martyr of Shanghai University who dedicated his life to the revolution. On October 13, the student union of Shanghai University was established. In November, we saw Sun Yat Sen off to the north, and the team of master students took the lead in the face-to-face reasoning struggle with the armed patrolmen of the French concession.

In January 1925, the Fourth National Congress of the Communist Party of China decided to establish a branch level organization within the party. Shanghai University is the first school in the city to establish a branch of the Communist Party of China. On April 27, the literature of the Department of Chinese literature was founded and included in the literature supplement of the Republic of China Daily. On May 30, master Shang took part in a large-scale anti imperialist demonstration on Nanjing Road to protest against the shooting of Chinese worker Gu Zhenghong by Japanese Taiban; more than 400 students from Shanghai University formed 38 speech groups to give speeches on Nanjing Road in the morning; in the afternoon, the concession patrolled and shot down. He Bingyi, a college student, was shot and seriously injured, and died the next day because of ineffective rescue. On May 31, the Shanghai Federation of trade unions was established, and Liu Hua, a student of the Affiliated High School of Shanghai University, was elected vice chairman. That month, Shao Lizi left Shanghai University for Huangpu Military Academy because he was persecuted by the concession authorities. On June 4, the school was occupied and closed by the international business group and the British patrolling forces. The next day, the school took the Qinye women's normal school as its temporary office. After the building was occupied, the teachers and students elected Shi Cuntong, Hou Shaoqiu, Han Juemin, Qin Jianan, he Weisheng, Zhu Yiquan and Han Buxian to form a temporary Committee; the staff automatically reduced their salaries to maintain the school, and the students stayed in Shanghai to participate in various struggles and publicize to all walks of life. On June 8, Shangda rented a temporary school building at No. 18, xindong'an lane, fangxie Road, Ximen. On June 14, the plenary meeting of the student union of the university decided to raise funds for the construction of a new school building, which is to "first build a 50 mu two-story Chinese style house, and build an auditorium that can accommodate thousands of people.". On June 15, the first issue of the May 30th special issue of Shanghai University was published. It exposed and accused imperialist crimes, and encouraged patriotic and anti imperialist struggle. Yu Youren wrote the title of the issue. In July, the school moved back to Zhongxing Road in Zhabei, set up a temporary office to continue enrollment, and later rented 15 private houses in shishoufang (now Lane 167, Qingyun Road) on Qingyun road in Zhabei as school buildings. On August 23, Yu Youren wrote to the executive member of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, asking for the restoration of the original allowance or help in the construction of school buildings. On September 7, the 15th meeting of Guangzhou revolutionary government decided to subsidize the construction fund of Shanghai University with 20000 silver yuan. At the beginning of the school on September 10, a book named "temporary School of Shanghai University" was hung at the entrance of lane hall on Qingyun road

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