Millennium Yuelu Academy hundred years of history of the rise and fall of the situation?

"But Chu has the material, in this for Sheng." Hunan University Yuelu Academy undergraduate Yu Miao Yi more than 3 years, every time you walk through the door of the Academy, the heart will read the couplets at the door. Yuelu Academy through the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, over a thousand years, the string song, generations of talent from here out.

Today, the teachers and students of Yuelu Academy in this simple ancient courtyard of the millennium, taking into account the "for learning" and "cultivation", is committed to the inheritance of the ancient tradition of education in the academy, into the development of modern education, out of a road of tradition and modernity inclusive

A hundred years of difficult to solve a problem

Yuelu Academy was founded in 976 AD, and has a history of more than 1,000 years. It has cultivated a large number of talents for the world and become one of the four famous academies in ancient times.

Yuelu Academy President Xiao Yongming introduced the late 19th century, the early 20th century, Yuelu Academy thousand years of tranquility was broken. 20 years, the academy has been renamed as Hunan Higher Normal School, Hunan Public Industrial Specialized School, until 1926 officially named Hunan University. In the modern university education system, the teaching content of the traditional academy, educational organization is abandoned, Yuelu Academy itself is gradually divided into staff quarters, offices and elementary school buildings, is no longer a place to carry out higher education.

After the reform and opening up, in order to revitalize the Yuelu Academy, Hunan Province began to restore the academy several times. It is not easy to restore ancient buildings, and it is even more difficult to realize the educational spirit and philosophy of the ancient academy in modern society.

How to integrate traditional culture into the construction of a "strong education nation" in contemporary China? "This is a difficult problem in front of us." Xiao Yongming said.

Drawing on the ancient wisdom of the academy

"The teacher-student relationship with close communication and strong feelings is the core of the spirit of the academy. The implementation of the undergraduate mentorship system is an important entry point for us to inherit the spirit of Shuyuan." Xiao Yongming said. The undergraduate mentorship system, which focuses on close teacher-student interaction, can organically combine the advantages of curriculum-centered modern university education and people-centered Shuyuan education.

When Yu Miao Yi first enrolled in the university, the teachings of her mentor, Qian Yongsheng, were still fresh in her mind. Professor Qian took a few of his students on a walk along the Xiangjiang River to talk about their studies, their lives, and even the troubles in their own minds during the entire day.

"My mentor told me that learning is all about determination, and determination is the only way to establish a direction to move forward." Just entered the university of Yu Miao Yi a little overwhelmed, mentor as a fatherly teaching so that she quickly found the goal of university life. Now she has chosen to stay in school for graduate school to further enhance her academic level.

In June 2017, at the graduation ceremony of Hunan University's Yuelu Academy, history undergraduate Liu Chuying bowed to her mentor, Prof. Deng Hongbo, along with her fellow students. In her four years of college, Liu Chuying encountered many annoyances and choices. "Mr. Deng to me encountered the 'bull's-eye' problem one by one to answer." In the eyes of Liu Chuying, Mr. Deng is not only her academic leader, but also her trustworthy elders, is a spiritual mentor, is the "lighthouse" on the road of her growth.

The teacher's way Xing, education Xing. Yin Hui, associate professor of Yuelu Academy, said that the millennium school adhering to the educational tradition of personality training, pragmatic learning, erudition and thinking, the pursuit of "learning" and "seeking" the unity of the road. This heavy traditional culture of the academy focuses on teaching students according to their aptitude, integrating virtue and learning as a whole, focusing on the teacher's teachings to students, paying more attention to the cultivation of students' moral character, which are inherited and promoted by the contemporary Yuelu Academy.

Nourishing reality with tradition

"Tutors influence and infect students with their own learning and cultivation, guiding them to progress and growth, which is exactly the meaning of 'education' in ancient China." Chen Renren, an associate professor at Yuelu Academy, said this mentorship system returns to both traditional character education and Western knowledge education, making learning about the West and returning to tradition go hand in hand. But contemporary university education can't stop there.

The country's fortunes are booming with culture, and the nation is strong with culture. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) report proposes that we should not forget the past, absorb the past and face the future, and better construct the Chinese spirit, Chinese values and Chinese power to provide spiritual guidance for the people.

Based on the implementation of the mentorship system, Yuelu Academy has carried out various explorations to fully integrate traditional cultural education into contemporary university education.

Shaw said, Yuelu Academy set up a general education center, Hunan University for the whole school to open the "national classics guide", the traditional Chinese culture into modern education in the general education course, by the students widely welcomed.

There is always a lack of such images in the classroom of the school: Professor Jiang Guanghui, an expert in the history of economics, who is nearly 70 years old, speaks the I Ching in a fascinating way; Dr. Chen Xian, a young and handsome young man, compares and contrasts the real society and the ancient society with various scenes of life in the course of Spring and Autumn Period, which is vivid and easy to understand; after the class is over, the students gather around to discuss the exchange of views, which will not be dispersed for a long time.......

Hunan University has set up the Center for Liberal Studies to offer "Introduction to Chinese Classics" for the whole university. ...

Teaching and learning, moral and professional persuasion, *** into the road, Yuelu Academy tutors on their own moral and academic requirements, the rite of admission, worship, thanking the teacher rite and ceremonies, teachers and students *** with the participation of the etiquette of the education of the whole process of talent training.

Yin Hui said the teachers and students of Yuelu Academy are committed to building a strong education nation in the new era with their thoughts and actions.

Today's Yuelu Academy is beginning to recreate the look of its prosperity. Every year, more than 100 famous scholars from home and abroad take the stage to teach traditional culture, and the live webcast of nationalism has set a record of 1.1 million people listening to a single lecture online. "While nourishing their own spiritual life with traditional culture and creating the material for 'brightening the way and helping the people', teachers and students of Yuelu Academy strive to spread and radiate the excellent traditional culture to the whole society, and endeavor to contribute to the revival of national culture." Xiao Yongming said.