Universities were initially introduced in China during a radical anti-traditional movement that centered on the idea "Down with Confucianism." Traditional Confucian education institutions such as academies that had been established during the Song dynasty, were quickly abandoned. Now, Confucianism bares little influence on universities 2,000 years later.

Yao Zhongqiu (姚中秋), who is also known as Qiu Feng (秋風), is an independent Beijing-based scholar

Chinese original: 精英教育之二：中國需要養成君子之大學
German translation: Bildung bedeutet auch Charakterbildung