149 years ago today, April 5, 1876 (March 11, 1876, the lunar calendar) was the birthday of Zhang Boling, the founder of Nankai. Zhang Boling (April 5, 1876-February 23, 1951) April 5, 1876 was the birthday of Mr. Zhang Boling. Zhang Boling was a model of private education in old China. In the past half century, Zhang Boling went through hardships and successively founded Nankai Middle School, Nankai University, Nankai Women's Middle School, Nankai Primary School and Chongqing Nankai Middle School. He also took over Shuguang Middle School in Zigong, Sichuan. He developed and educated people with a great spirit of patriotism and cultivated a large number of outstanding talents for the country and the nation. Comrade Zhou Enlai is an outstanding representative among them. The following is the article "Zhang Boling's Achievements in the World" written by Huang Yusheng, former Secretary-General of Nankai University. Huang Yusheng entered Nankai Middle School in 1912 to drafting Zhang Boling's will in 1951. Over the past 40 years, he witnessed the old principal's struggle on the long and tortuous road to running a school. It wrote: After the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, young naval officer Zhang Boling witnessed this sublease ceremony that was a disgrace to the country and was devastated. He saw with his own eyes that the British sailors were tall and fierce, and the China sailors were wretched and listless. He felt that although China has a vast territory and a large population, the people are not as physically and spiritually as humans, and they must be fundamentally transformed! From then on, Zhang Boling abandoned martial arts and was determined to run education. At that time, saving the country through education was just a reformist fantasy. However, Zhang Boling has successively established Nankai Middle School, Primary School, University, Girls 'Middle School, Chongqing Nankai Institute of Economics, Nankai Institute of Chemistry, and even participated in the Southwest United Nations University. It is really sad and anxious, and has been running around, and has been operating miserably for decades. The fighting spirit that attaches importance to intellectual development and talent cultivation is still extremely precious! At that time, many government schools often had disputes over teachers 'salaries due to difficulties. Nankai schools are private, but they never owe wages. Not only that, some famous professors at Nankai University at that time, such as contemporary mathematician Chen Shengshen, Wu Daren's teachers Jiang Lifu, Yang Shixian, Qiu Zongyue, etc., could not hire Peking University, Tsinghua University and other universities for twice the salary. Zhang Boling said to Leighton Stuart: I want to compete with you Yanjing! Huang Yusheng believes that Zhang Boling has many educational ideas worth learning from today. For example, emphasis is placed on physical education, moral education, and scientific experiments, as well as on extracurricular activities to train students 'organizational skills. He summarized the purpose of running a school as "public and capable". "Public" means for the public but not for the private, and "ability" means knowledge, skills, and abilities. Nankai has indeed cultivated a large number of talents who can handle affairs fairly. On February 14, 1951, Principal Zhang suffered a stroke and remained silent, and his life was in danger. Yan Ziheng, president of the Nankai Alumni Association, proposed to write a will for the principal, and everyone recommended Huang Yusheng, who was closest to Principal Zhang and had been with him for a long time, to draft it. The content of the will is based on Mr. Zhang Boling's consistent educational thoughts over the past 50 years; the overall situation is based on his speeches with many students after leaving Nanjing to Chongqing and returning to the north. At that time, although he could not speak, his hearing was good and he was clear in his heart. I read it paragraph after paragraph, and he nodded paragraph after paragraph to express his agreement. Also present were Mrs. Wang, the teacher's mother, and the principal's son and daughter-in-law. Zhang Xinian's lover finally asked the old man loudly: "Do you think it's okay?" Zhang Boling gave a thumbs up to express her appreciation. I remember this will clearly, and it has the following paragraphs: "I have devoted myself to education for fifty years. Today, all those who have been committed to scientific education, health education, and patriotic education that are not yet able to achieve are being implemented one by one under the people's government." "I have worked for Nankai University, Nankai Middle School, Nankai Girls 'Middle School, Nankai Primary School, and Chongqing Nankai Middle School. They are increasingly developing under the people's government." "Today's people's government is an unprecedented clean government in China. Its policy of developing production and friendship with the Soviet Union is actually a far-sighted policy. All my classmates should do their best, unite in groups, support the people's government, and build a prosperous and happy new China. There is an infinite bright future, and I will wait for it with a smile." After Zhang Boling passed away on February 23, 1951, Comrade Zhou Enlai immediately rushed to the Zhang Residence in Tianjin to express condolences, saluted the body of the principal, and expressed condolences to Mrs. Zhang. Then he went to the living room to meet and talk with alumni, saying that he was sorry that he had not come earlier. He added: "When looking at a person, one should be based on his historical background and conditions, and one must not use current standards to comment on people in the past. President Zhang was progressive and patriotic in his life. He was successful in running education and made contributions to the people."