Sheng Xuanhuai
National Peiyang University (北洋大学堂), originally Imperial Tientsin University, was established in Tianjin in October 1895 by Sheng Xuanhuai, the official of the Tianjin Customs, with the approval of the Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty. It was the first government-run university in modern China where western science &amp; technology was its main focus. The school motto was "Seeking truth from facts"（实事求是). 1951, by Chinese government's order, it was renamed as Tianjin University.