What are the origins and meanings of the motto of China University?

University spirit embodied in school motto

Universities attach importance to spirit. With spirit, you have your own atmosphere and talent. The university spirit embodied in the university motto has inherited the cultural essence of the Chinese nation for thousands of years and is a vivid portrayal of the changes in China for more than a century since modern times.

1. Nine key words "virtue", "learning", "doing", "being innovative", "helping the world", "being strong", "being honest and diligent" are most frequently mentioned.

The motto of a university is a high concentration of university spirit, which shows the ideological connotation of socialist core values from multiple dimensions. According to statistics, in the school motto of "2 1 1 Project" in China, the nine most frequently mentioned keywords are: morality, learning, practice, practicality, innovation, economy, strength, truthfulness, kindness, beauty, honesty and diligence. Among these keywords, "Xue" has the highest frequency of 56 times; Followed by "Germany", which appeared 35 times; Again, it is "honest", "cheap, diligent", "good" and "new". "Learning" is the fundamental mission and foundation of a university. The university takes learning as its career, which not only embodies the "dedication" spirit in the socialist core values and serves the society, but also shows the responsibility of the university to practice the highest level values of "prosperity, democracy, civilization and harmony". "Morality" is a concentrated expression of the educational thought of "putting morality first", which not only incorporates elements such as patriotism, honesty and friendliness in the socialist core values at the individual level, but also runs through the unremitting pursuit of freedom, equality, justice and rule of law in the socialist core values at the social level. In addition, "truth, goodness and beauty" and "honesty, simplicity and diligence" echo the principle of being a man advocated by socialist core values, and "saving the world" and "being powerful" coincide with the requirements of the times contained in socialist core values. This not only reflects the respect and persistence of the socialist core values to China's traditional ideology and culture, but also shows the mutual communication and integration between the university motto and the main theme of the times.

2. "Learning" and "Morality" are the most distinctive features of the school motto "2 1 1 engineering".

From the statistical data, it is found that the spirit embodied in the motto of "2 1 1 engineering" has the characteristics of "learning" and "virtue": "learning" is the foundation leading to "virtue" and "virtue" is the internal embodiment of "learning". They are dialectical unity, which together constitute the cultivation of China University's university spirit and socialist core values.

Learning is the primary task of China University, and it is also an important channel to cultivate socialist core values. "Learning" embodies the main function of universities as educational institutions to "preach, teach and solve doubts". It is not only the most important way for colleges and universities to widely carry forward and cultivate socialist core values, but also includes the understanding and learning of socialist core values, that is, the fashion, attitude and method of learning.

"Study hard" is a key word with high frequency in statistics, which reflects the importance attached to education by the state, society, schools, teachers and students. Advocating learning atmosphere is the responsibility of society, providing learning environment is the mission of the school, and learning and research is the duty of teachers and students. Trinity complements each other. Key words such as "diligent in learning", "diligent in learning" and "diligent in learning" reflect the requirements of universities for teachers and students' learning attitudes, such as "virtuous and generous, diligent in learning and sensitive to learning" in Nanjing Normal University and "upright and dignified, diligent in learning and diligent in learning" in Nanjing University. "erudition" and "intensive study" are the requirements of universities for teachers and students' learning methods. Many "2 1 1 engineering" colleges and universities take erudition and intensive training as their school motto: Fudan University's school motto is erudition and dedication, and Liaoning University's school motto is "Mindfulness and intensive training make you strong". The combination of "erudition" and "intensive study" embodies the significance of China's university education concept in the contemporary wave of knowledge economy.

"Morality" is the soul of China University spirit and the important content of socialist core values. "Virtue" can be divided into three stages from the perspective of educating people: respect for virtue, virtue and virtue.

"Dedication" is the premise of "Mingde" and "Lide". Only when society still attaches importance to "dedication" and schools respect "dedication" can teachers and students achieve * * * knowledge in seeking "dedication". Donghua University's "advocating virtue and erudition, inspiring and pragmatic" and beijing university of chemical technology's "macro virtue and erudition, nurturing nature" mean this. "Mingde" is to understand the content of virtue. Only by understanding the connotation of virtue can we have the direction of "morality", such as Fuzhou University's "Mingde is sincere, knowledgeable and far-sighted". "Morality" is the ultimate goal of "respecting morality" and "respecting morality". As a belief, "virtue" can be integrated into everyone's words and deeds and become people's spiritual heritage, thus meeting the requirements of "virtue, dedication, erudition and competition first" of China Communication University.

It is found that the spirit and value of the motto of "2 1 1 project" university are pluralistic and unified, including the values of truth, kindness, beauty, honesty, diligence, saving the world and strength, which are highly consistent with the socialist core values.

Three characteristics of content

By using the methods of content analysis, literature analysis and comparative analysis, this paper makes a qualitative study on the school mottos of "2 1 1 engineering" university, and finds that these mottos have obvious characteristics, bearing the breath of history and times, and showing convergent personality and characteristics.

Regional characteristics

China has a vast territory, and there are significant differences in land and water location and climate in different regions. One side's soil and water not only nurtures one side, but also creates one side's educational concept.

"Learning", "Morality" and "Doing" constitute the main lines of university mottos in seven geographical regions of China. The mottos of "2 1 1 project" universities in North China, East China, Southwest China, Central China, Northeast China and Northwest China account for 45.2%, 50%, 40%, 54.5% and 53.8% of local universities respectively. The proportion of colleges and universities involved in morality in this region is 29%, 30%, 20%, 45.5%, 36.4% and 38.5% respectively. The mottos of "2 1 1 project" universities in North China, Southwest China, Northeast China and Northwest China account for 19.4%, 30%, 27.3% and 30.8% respectively. Among the six universities in South China "2 1 1 project", there are four universities involved in "learning" and "doing".

Among other keywords, different regions have their own emphasis. 32.3% of university mottos in North China contain "truth"; 23.3% of university mottos in East China involve "novelty", and 2 of the mottos in 6 universities in South China involve "novelty"; 40% of universities in Southwest China are honest and diligent, while 30.8% in Northwest China. 36.4% of university mottos in Central China involve "saving the world"; 27.3% of universities in Northeast China have a strong motto.

In terms of regional characteristics, North China attaches importance to "reality", Southeast China (East China and South China) attaches importance to "innovation", West China (Southwest China and Northwest China) attaches importance to "sincerity and diligence", Central China attaches importance to "helping the world" and Northeast China attaches importance to "strength".

Historical characteristics

According to the school age,112 "211engineering" colleges and universities are mainly concentrated in 5 1 to 100 (77 * *, accounting for 68.8%), followed by/kloc. The "2 1 1 project" in North China has a history of more than 50 years. The "2 1 1 engineering" universities for more than a hundred years are mainly distributed in East China, followed by 5 universities in North China, 3 universities in Northwest China, 4 universities in Southwest China, and 1 universities in South China and Northeast China. Judging from the historical node of the founding of New China, the number of "2 1 1 Project" universities was basically the same before and after, with 58 universities established later, accounting for 5 1.8%, and 54 universities established before, accounting for 48.2%.

"Learning" is the same feature of the motto of "2 1 1 engineering" universities with different school ages. Among the 23 century-old universities, 8 are related to "learning", and among the 77 universities with the age between 50 and 100, "2 165438".

The mottos of some famous history schools are formulated by historical figures. For example, Sun Yat-sen University, which has a history of 89 years, wrote "erudition, interrogation, deliberation, discernment and perseverance".

Different universities have experienced different times, deposited different historical details, and their school mottos have different value orientations. For universities with a school age of more than 100, that is, universities established in the late Qing Dynasty, 30.4% of the school motto involves "honesty, simplicity and diligence". According to the time node of the founding of 1949, the universities with a school age of 50 years to 100 are further divided. It is found that there are 3 1 universities established before, the frequency of the word "new" is second only to "learning", accounting for 35.4%, and "Germany" ranks fifth, accounting for 25.5%. Since then, 46 universities have been established. The frequency of the word "De" is second only to "Xue", accounting for 37.0%, and "Xin" ranks fifth, accounting for 17.4%. The word "new" appears in the motto of "2 1 1 engineering". Universities established after the reform and opening up pay more attention to "new".

Own characteristics

It is found that the university's own discipline tendency and teacher allocation are closely related to its motto. From the perspective of the types of institutions, specialized universities pay attention to the discipline characteristics in their school mottos, such as "the meaning of cultivation, the character of cultivation of bamboo and plum" by Beijing Forestry University, "learning from all rivers, the virtue of the world" by Dalian Maritime University, and "learning from others by virtue" by Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Judging from the student-teacher ratio, among the 87 "2 1 1 engineering" universities with accurate statistics, the most concentrated range of student-teacher ratio is 1 1 to 20. * * There are 66 universities with "learning" as the main motto, accounting for 48.5%, followed by. The concentration varies from 2 1 to 30, and there are 13 schools. The motto of the school is "virtue", accounting for 665,438+0.5%, followed by "learning", accounting for 46.2%, and "doing", accounting for 22.7%, involving "novelty".

Practice and inheritance

In 2002, Yuan Guiren, then Vice Minister of Education, summed up the motto of a university in the article "Strengthening University Culture Research and Promoting University Culture Construction": "The so-called motto is nothing more than a university's rational abstraction and recognition of its cultural traditions and spirit." The formulation of school motto follows the school's style and historical tradition, and is an abstract expression of university culture, system and idealism. For example, Peking University's "patriotism, progress, democracy and science" contains the spiritual temperament of Peking University as the center of the New Culture Movement and the source of the May 4th Movement, and embodies the historical tradition that Peking University has been shouldering the vision of national rejuvenation and sharing the same destiny with the country and people since its establishment.

The education of university motto has a subtle and far-reaching educational effect. The university culture gene contained in the school motto permeates the inner world of students through the chain of entrance education, continuing education and lifelong influence, and shapes their way of thinking and practical activities.

Before entering the school, students have long been impressed by the university spirit embodied in the school motto. The spiritual temperament of a university can be highlighted in many external signs such as school spirit, study style, historical tradition, famous teachers and alumni, infrastructure and so on, and form a specific reputation in society. Students' choice of a well-known university includes their acceptance and recognition of its spirit, and the school motto plays an important role in the good beginning for students and schools to understand and produce * * * voices.

After entering the school, students first feel the university spirit condensed by the school motto through entrance education, and establish a sense of intimacy and value recognition for the whole university before professional education. Taking Peking University as an example, understanding the history of the school is an indispensable part of school education. By visiting the school history museum, students can feel the harmonious combination of Peking University feelings and China's fate, and then have a more comprehensive understanding and a deeper recognition of the spirit of Peking University embodied in "patriotism, progress, democracy and science".

During the students' stay in school, the school motto has achieved the goal of continuing education with its internal spiritual temperament and explicit materialized signs. The inner spirit contained in the school motto plays a guiding role, and the spiritual value is transformed into a powerful practical power, which promotes more students to work hard under the call of the university spirit with the school motto as the core. Explicit signs concretize the university spirit with school motto as the core, internalize it into the ideological form and psychological state of teachers and students, and make students constantly inspired during their college study.

Campus culture has left a lifelong influence on young students, becoming a witness of their college time and an emotional source of their lifelong attachment. After graduation, students integrate into the society, radiate the university spirit condensed by the school motto to all occasions of life and work, spread the socialist core values in line with the school motto within the society, and turn it into an inexhaustible spiritual driving force for building Socialism with Chinese characteristics into a powerful country.