Chapter Ⅰ Catalysts for Education:The Opium War,the Trend of Reformist Thinking,and the Westernization Movement 1
Chapter Ⅱ The Fierce Struggles between the Westernizationists and the Conservatives over Tongwenguan of Peking 21
Chapter Ⅲ The Development of Tongwenguan of Peking 52
Chapter Ⅳ The Legacy and Influence of Tongwenguan 66
Chapter Ⅴ From the Society for Self-Strengthening to the Official Publishing Bureau:Preparations for the Imperial University of Peking 81
Chapter Ⅵ The Hundred Days'Reform and the Official Launch of the Imperial University of Peking 113
Chapter Ⅶ The Rectification of the Imperial University of Peking 143
Chapter Ⅷ Guangxu,Cixi,and the Three Statutes of the Imperial University of Peking 180
Chapter Ⅸ The Imperial University:Curriculum Design and Implementation of Teaching 221
Chapter Ⅹ Administration，Rules,and Regulations of the Imperial University of Peking 240
Chapter Ⅺ The Imperial University of Peking and Its Affiliated Structures 263
Chapter Ⅻ The Road to Democracy and Science 289
Chapter ⅩⅢ Connecting the Past and the Present:the First National Institution of Higher Learning in Modern China 308
Glossary 336
Personal names in this book 350
Place names in this book 356