Peking University

Chinese (Wade - Giles) �Pei-ching Ta-hs�eh�, (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-hs� 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'�tat of the same year. After the overthrow of the