蔡元培是近代中国卷入社会变迁最深的士人中的一员。他从小接受传统教育,沿着科举之路,幸运地早得科名,出身清要。然而,国势的江河日下,又使他放弃仕途,投身教育事业,以实现救国主张。在此过程中,他受激烈环境的影响,从事反清活动,最终成为一名革命党人。由翰林而教育家而革命者,蔡元培成功实现人生转型是与多种因素合力促成有关,除了他本人的积极进取外,还离不开社会环境的推动和私谊网络的成全。 Cai Yuanpei was one of the most talented scholars involved in social changes in modern China. He received traditional education from childhood, along the road to imperial examinations, fortunately early Branch name, origin. However, the country’s rivers and lakes, let him give up his career and join the cause of education in order to achieve national salvation. In the process, he was influenced by the fierce environment, engaged in anti-Qing activities and eventually became a revolutionary. By Hanlin and educator and revolutionary, Cai Yuanpei successful transformation of life is a combination of many factors to promote the relevant, in addition to his own positive and progressive, but also inseparable from the promotion of social environment and the completion of a network of friendship.