Complex sentence: The predecessor of Xi'an Jiaotong University is Nanyang Public University that was founded in Shanghai in 1896; in 1905, it was transferred to the commercial department and was renamed High Industrial School; in 1906, it was under the command of postal transmission department.
Split into simpler sentences: The predecessor of Xi'an Jiaotong University is Nanyang Public University that was founded in Shanghai in 1896. In 1906, it was under the command of postal transmission department.