Peking University

Chinese (Wade–Giles)  Pei-ching Ta-hsüeh , (Pinyin)  Beijing Daxue , byname  Pei-ta , or  Beida  in Peking, one of the oldest and most important institutions of higher learning in China. It originated as the Capital College, which was founded in 1898 by the emperor Kuang-hsü as part of his short-lived program to modernize and reform China's institutions. This school languished after the empress dowager Tz'u-hsi's coup d'état of the same year. After the overthrow of the