Source: On December 2, 1931, Mei Yiqi made the famous assertion in his inaugural speech that "the so-called great scholar is not a building, but a master."

President Mei said: "The reason why a university is a university depends entirely on whether it has good professors." Mencius said: The so-called motherland does not mean that it has trees, but that it has ministers. I can imitate it now and say:

A great scholar is not called a building, but is called a master. "Mei Yiqi (1889.12.29-1962.5.19), whose ancestral home is Wujin, Jiangsu, moved from Jiangnan to Beijing during the Ming Dynasty.

He settled in Tianjin and was the eldest son of Mei Zengchen.

The first batch of Geng Geng grant students studying in the United States returned to China in 1914 after studying at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the United States.

He successively served as a teacher of Tsinghua University, professor of physics department, provost, etc. From 1931 to 1948, he served as president of Tsinghua University.

In 1955, Tsinghua University was founded in Hsinchu, Taiwan and served as its president.

During his tenure as the president of Tsinghua University, Mei Yiqi established the image of Tsinghua University and made indelible contributions to Tsinghua University.

During this period, teachers were strictly selected and hired, and a collective leadership system was implemented.

Together with Ye Qisun, Pan Guangdan, and Chen Yinke, he is listed as the four major philosophers in the 100-year history of Tsinghua University.