北京四中是一所有105年历史的公办中学,也是一所在北京乃至在中国享有盛誉的中学。北京四中之所以成为一所名校,不仅由于她培养出了数以万计的优秀毕业生,还在于她目光远大,淡泊功利,能够始终坚持自己的理想、价值观和治校精神。一所具有深厚文化底蕴的学校北京四中创建于中国由封建社会向现代社会转型的初期,许多资料表明,北京四中是那个时期先进思想的代表和引领者。首任校长王道元先生提出了“学科学、学世界、学做人”的教育宗旨,努力培养学生健全、独立的人格,号召学生朝着民主自治的道路前进。王道元校长号召学生“要对风化抱着改良的愿望,对国是抱着科学救国的信心”。 Beijing No.4 Middle School is a 105-year-old public high school with a high reputation in Beijing and even in China. The reason why Beijing has become a famous university is not only because she has trained tens of thousands of outstanding graduates, but also her ambitious, indifferent to utilitarian, and can always adhere to their own ideals, values ​​and school spirit. A School of Profound Culture Beijing No.4 was founded in the early days of China’s transition from feudal society to modern society. Many sources indicate that Beijing No.4 is the representative and leader of the advanced thinking of that period. Mr. Wang Daoyuan, the first president, proposed the educational goal of “learning from science, learning from the world, and learning from being a human being”, and strived to cultivate healthy and independent students’ personality and urged students to move toward the path of democratic self-government. Wang Daoyuan principals called for students to “hold the desire for improvement on the weather and hold the confidence of saving the country in science.”