1904年的成都,代表各自教会组织的英国人陶维新、启尔德,美国人毕启等人在成都商议创办一所高等学校——华西协合大学。其办校宗旨是要在落后的中国西部点燃一支火炬,这就是现代文明,让黑暗中的人们跟着火炬走向光明。陶维新等人将目光锁定在城南这片满是坟岗、荒草、稻田的土地上。 Chengdu, 1904, represented the British churches Tao Weixin and Kierde, who were organized by their respective churches, and Bi Qi and others in the United States to discuss the creation of a higher education institution, Huaxi Concordia University, in Chengdu. Its purpose is to set off a torch in the backward western part of China. This is the modern civilization, allowing people in the dark to follow the torch to the light. Tao Weixin and others have fixed their eyes on the land south of the city that is full of tombs, weeds and rice fields.