Peking University

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Peking University, May 4, 2013: As Peking University is celebrating its 115th anniversary, the English term “Peking University” was not monopolized; it has been used to refer to several higher education institutions in Beijing at different times.

“Huiwen Daxue” (Huiwen University), or the Methodist University of Peking, was one of the precursors of Yanjing Daxue/Yenching University. Founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in the 1880s in the Chinese capital, Huiwen called itself “Peking University” in English, which was inherited by Yenching before the latter launched its new official English title in the 1920s.

The official English appellation of today’s Beida then was the Government University of Peking (1912-1919), and the National University of Peking from 1919.

Yanjing Daxue, the then named “Peking” university, published an official English brochure in 1921 titled “Peking University.”

Rev. Henry Winters Luce occupied various key roles in the management and establishment of Shantung Christian
University (ca. 1897-1917), Peking University (ca. 1921-1925, later known as Yenching University), and the
China Christian Educational Association. He corresponded with hundreds of people in regards to support,
cooperation, and fundraising for university buildings and programs, and for relief programs in China.
Following his return from China, Luce served as Professor in the Chinese Department at Kennedy School of
Missions, Hartford, Connecticut.

Peking University (July 2, 2018)