What is the motto of Tsinghua University?

Tsinghua University's school motto is: strive for self-improvement, be virtuous and carry things.

Tsinghua's school motto comes from a speech entitled "Gentleman" made by Liang Qichao in Tsinghua University in the winter of 19 14. Liang Qichao used two images in the Book of Changes to inspire students: "Heaven is healthy, gentlemen strive for self-improvement" (dry divination) and "rich terrain, gentlemen carry things with morality" (Kun divination).

He pointed out that a gentleman's ambition is like the movement of a celestial body, full of vitality and vigor. He should not suffer from the cold, should not advance with the benefits, and retreat when he is killed. Instead, he should emphasize self-victory, abandon selfish desires, be resolute, patient and brave, avoid difficulties and obstacles, and strive for self-improvement; At the same time, a gentleman should be as thick as the earth, be lenient with others, be strict with himself and treat others lightly, absorb new civilization with a broad mind and shoulder the heavy responsibility of history.

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The motto of self-improvement and morality is the concentrated expression of Tsinghua's spirit and the pillar and soul of Tsinghua's spiritual culture. Professor Qian Gengsen, a senior student in Tsinghua, mentioned that Professor Du Weiming of Harvard University thinks that Tsinghua motto is the best among all universities in the world, while the famous philosopher Zhang Dainian thinks that the connotation of Tsinghua motto highly summarizes the basic spirit of China culture.

Zhang Dainian once pointed out that cherishing virtue and being tolerant of different opinions is a kind of tolerant thought, which has played a great role in the development of thought and scholarship. Self-improvement is the experience of life, and one's life is hard work and progress. I think these two thoughts, strong will and tolerant attitude, have played a leading role in China culture and are healthy and correct.

Historically, when the Chinese nation was invaded by foreign countries, it must have resisted rather than surrendered. It has a firm spirit of self-improvement. At the same time, another feature of China culture is that it is more tolerant and broad. For example, when Christianity and Islam entered China, they were accepted by China culture. Zhang Dainian itself is a model of practicing this spirit.

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