Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s1.t1.2

v2.c15.s1.t1.2

The idea of the Peiping Lecture Association was initiated by Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Yuanji and Wang Daxie, etc., and its purpose was to invite prominent scholars from across the world to give lectures in China, ‘introducing the doctrine of modern noble essence to China so as to strengthen and carry forward its national ideology’. The association invited John Dewey, Bertrand Russell, Hans Driesch and Rabindranath Tagore and many other scholars to China, which enriched China’s social thought at that time and promoted the cultural exchanges between China and India.