"However, Beida has never thought of itself as inheriting the tradition of the taixue, and has never tried to try to sell itself as having been around for more than 2,000 years," wrote Hu, adding of Beida: "Although its age is not great, it definitely has character."
「但北京大學向來不願意承認是漢武帝以來的太學的繼承人，不願意賣弄那二千多年的高壽」，胡適稱北大「年紀雖不大，著實有點志氣。」