In1936,ZhuKezhenwasappointedastheprincipalofZhejiangUniversity.Evenbeforethen,hehadbeenafamousnaturalscientist.From1936to1949,ZhuKezhenworkedastheuniversityprincipalfor13years.Intheextremelyhostileenvironmentfilledwithconvergingattacksbycontinuouswarsandvariousuniversityaffairs,beinghomelessandmiserable,hetrudged5,000lianddriftedfromplacetoplacethrough5provinces,withtheuniversitylocationbeingchanged5times.Heactuallydevelopedtheuniversityintooneofthenation'stwomostintegrateduniversitiescomposedof7schoolsand27departments,comparedwithonly3schoolsand16departmentswhenhetookitover.