If we wait for the rebate too long, then the Franco-Chinese University may never come about. We might as well first establish a school building and take a small contribution from the indemnity to run a small model and then go on to resolve the problem of the remaining indemnity. "
不如先建一校舍，由中法分攤小款，辦一個雛形，再促成賠款退還。」當時里昂大學醫學院院長雷賓的意見為中法大學畫出輪廓。