"Beijing University may think that its age is impressive. But in fact the so-called taixue schools go all the way back to the year 124 BC. In the fifth year of the reign of the Wu emperor of Han, Gongsun Hong petitioned the emperor to establish an institute for 50 students.
「如果北大想用年歲來壓人，可以追溯到『太學』起於漢武帝元朔五年（西曆紀元前一二四年）公孫弘奏請為博士設弟子員五十人。