What is the motto of Tsinghua University and the origin of the motto of Tsinghua University?

The school motto is a sentence that every school should follow. All schools have their own school motto. As a century-old university, Tsinghua University has experienced ups and downs, and its motto has always adhered to the standard of "striving for self-improvement, respecting morality and carrying things". This motto has been extended to this day, and this character has been formulated as the school emblem.

So, in this issue, let's learn about the origin of Tsinghua University's school motto.

"Strive for self-improvement, be virtuous and carry things" comes from two sentences in the Book of Changes: one sentence is "Heaven is strong, gentlemen strive for self-improvement" (dry divination); One sentence is "the terrain is Kun, and the gentleman carries things with morality" (Kun Gua). During the Republic of China, when Liang Qichao was teaching in Tsinghua University, he gave a lecture on Gentlemen to Tsinghua students at that time.

In his speech, he hoped that all students in Tsinghua would inherit the traditional Chinese virtues, and quoted the words of "self-improvement" and "respect for morality" in the Book of Changes to inspire students in Tsinghua. From then on, Tsinghua people wrote the words "self-improvement, kindness and morality" into the school rules of Tsinghua, and later gradually evolved into the school motto of Tsinghua.

"Self-improvement and virtue." Originated from the two hexagrams of Gan Kun in the Book of Changes, the hexagram is "Tian Xingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement; The terrain is Kun, and the gentleman carries things with morality. " In the winter of the third year of the Republic of China, Mr. Liang Qichao came to the school to give a speech entitled "Gentleman", which was the central content of this speech and inspired Tsinghua students to work hard, and made the following interpretation of these two hexagrams:

"It's like saying that a gentleman's ambition is endless, and there will be no disadvantages of one violence and ten cold. A gentleman is determined to be strong and unyielding, even if he is displaced; Advance at the sight of profit, retreat at the sight of difficulty. It's not a great thing, how can you take it? A man's son's voyage in the world is still a ship, with wind and wind, which changes from time to time. If you have to sail before the wind, you will land in the sun. "

"Xiang Kun said: A gentleman measures things, but he is generous to Judah. A gentleman blames himself very much, but he blames others very lightly. Confucius said, "Bowing is thick, but blaming others is thin. "It's just tolerance, accepting things in life, and treating them calmly. This is heavy and it is a gentleman."

Then, Mr. Liang encouraged Tsinghua students to say, "Tsinghua students learn from China and the West, improve our society and promote our politics. The so-called gentleman, not Tsinghua learn grass. Today's Tsinghua students will be great scholars in the future society. They will be handsome in all directions, will learn from each other, will travel overseas in other years, and will all be nationals. I sincerely hope that this opportunity, advocating virtue and learning, is a real gentleman, enough to save the tide of decline and become a mainstay, then the Republic of China will be very lucky! "

The two sentences "Heaven is powerful, and the gentleman strives for self-improvement" and "The terrain is rich, and the gentleman carries things with morality" mean that the movement of Heaven (that is, nature) is strong and healthy, and accordingly, the gentleman should behave like Heaven, striving for self-improvement, being resolute and decisive, and never stopping; The potential of the earth is thick and slippery, and the gentleman is tolerant. A gentleman should run like Tianyu, indomitable even if he is displaced; If you are a gentleman, the measurement of objects should be like the earth, and nothing can't be carried.

Self-improvement, morality, is to let people follow the example of heaven and earth and make continuous efforts in learning and doing. Traditional culture emphasizes "harmony between man and nature". Man originates from heaven and earth and is a derivative of heaven and earth, so the way of heaven and earth is the way of life. Many ancient scholars can deeply understand this spirit and consciously practice it. For example, Confucius said that he "forgot to eat when he was angry, but forgot to worry when he was happy, and he didn't know that his old age was coming." Confucius once said to the students by the river: "The deceased is like a husband, staying up all night." It is to encourage them to imitate nature, cherish time and strive for progress.

"Heaven is powerful, and gentlemen strive for self-improvement" means that everything in the world is in a vigorous, stable and endless operation. If you want to be a successful person, you must imitate the movement of celestial bodies and have a hard work and positive masculinity. Self-improvement, the essence of Tsinghua people Thought, also inspires Qian Qian's tens of thousands of Tsinghua people to be self-improvement and endless; Tsinghua's ancestors relied on these four words to make Tsinghua what it is today;

"The terrain is rich, and the gentleman carries things with virtue" means that the thickness of the earth carries everything. If you want to be a successful person, you must imitate the generosity of the earth and make yourself feminine, broad-minded and noble in morality. "One yin and one yang is the Tao", so that the combination of yin and yang and the combination of rigidity and softness are the perfect human nature. It is with these two sentences that Tsinghua people has been constantly striving for self-improvement, and generations of people have been inspired by these two sentences to create today's Tsinghua.

Conclusion Everyone has his own motto in life. Even if it is not so profound in meaning and not so excellent in rhetoric, it is still his lifelong companion. Tsinghua's school motto is the motto of many students in Tsinghua.

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