Following the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the Republic of China dug in for a stubborn longterm resistance against Japanese occupation, and NCU got started on the first leg of its journey, relocating in the wartime capital of Chungking.
廿六年盧溝橋事變爆發，我對日展開長期抗戰，中大奉命遷至重慶近郊的沙坪壩。民國卅二年，原任校長顧孟餘辭職，由最高領袖蔣委員長兼任校長，爾後蔣公並允任中大永久名譽校長。