In 1905, Fudan Public School became the precursor to Fudan University. It was the first higher education organization started by a Chinese person. The phrases “Brilliant are the sunshine and moonlight, again the morning radiance returns at dawn” and “Brilliant are the sunshine and moonlight, again the morning radiance returns at dawn” were taken from A Commentary on The Classic of History (), which also contains the characters fù (“return”) and dàn (“dawn”). The institution’s name was changed to Fudan University in 1917, and it has remained that way ever since.
