On University and Culture in Ancient China

This thesis, based on considerations of the influences of traditional culture on modern higher education, is a tentative study on the relationship between higher education and the origins of culture. The author holds that the university is a unit of cultural institution and higher education is separated from culture gradually. In the middle period of human history, culture played a role of time, the fire of cultural creation was kindled in universities. However, not matter what the historical period is, higher education is both the bearer and the stimulator of culture. Thus, a comprehensive understanding of this essential relationship between higher education and culture will lay a stable basis for our further studies.