Bulletin No. 2, 2009

2   Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2009 I n 1931 when Mei Yiqi became the president of Tsinghua University, he said in his inauguration address, ‘The greatness of a university lies not in its magnificent edifices, but in its eminent academics.’ Although Mei Yiqi’s words were meant for the entire university, they are especially true for the humanities. Unlike their counterparts in natural or medical science, humanities students flourish not on state-of-the-ar t equipment or complex experiments, but on the teaching and examples of