The sentence pattern of "allowing fairness and energy" comes from "allowing literature and martial arts" in The Book of Songs Truffle Flooding. "Rhyme" is the first auxiliary word in literary language, which means "both" and "again". We can understand it as "commitment" and "requirement". "Allow fairness and ability" refers to both "public morality of loving the country and the group" and "ability to serve the society".
Judging from Yan and Zhang's educational thoughts, the "public" of "tolerance and fairness" points to the country, the people and related undertakings, and is aimed at the "private" in the "five diseases". Therefore, "tolerance for the public" can be interpreted as asking the educated to love the motherland, the people and the cause, and to dedicate their wisdom and talents in their study and work with public heart.
Among the mottos of schools in China at that time, only Nankai mottos put forward the requirement of "ability". This is also the outstanding and extraordinary feature of Zhang Boling's educational thought. The so-called "ability" is to require the educated to apply what they have learned, integrate theory with practice, and cultivate the ability to save the country and strengthen themselves through exercise. 19 14 In April, Zhang Boling said to the students in the self-cultivation class: "Education is not only to let students read and learn Chinese characters, but also to cultivate a complete personality. Morality, intelligence and physique cannot be neglected." 19 16 1, he also pointed out in the self-cultivation class: "The purpose of running a school is to apply what you have learned, learn to treat fools, and learn to save the country." At the graduation ceremony of 19 17, he encouraged the students to say, "Today is the time for all students to make up their minds. No matter what their strength, they should be able to carry forward and prepare for choosing a dry city in China ... Let's make every effort to start over." "The school is like a small proving ground. Everyone in the school has confidence and the ability to transform society. It will be effective to enter the society in the future. " It can be seen that the talents that Zhang Boling advocates to cultivate are not white-faced scholars who are immune to themselves, but "dry talents" who have the ability to transform the country, society and people's well-being. In today's words, the educated are required to have the ability to serve the people wholeheartedly. This is the uniqueness of Zhang Boling's educational thought.
As for "changing with each passing day", the meaning is more obvious and clear, that is, the educated are required to have a strong enterprising spirit. 19 16 In September, Zhang Boling gave a speech entitled "Breaking Conservatism, Striving for Progress and Building a New China" for students. He said: "Compared with other schools, every school has enterprising people and conservative people. Our school is also an enterprising person, that is, in the competitions of various schools: you all know how our school's achievements are. This is the effectiveness of enterprising. As for the country, why not Mo Ran? Therefore, if we want to strengthen China, we must break conservatism and turn enterprising into enterprising. " He also pointed out: "The enterprising theory has existed since ancient times. The Book of Changes says,' Heaven is powerful, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement'. By Skywalker, he means day and night, spring and autumn, all the time, and long-term laziness. " Obviously, this is the source of the idea of "changing with each passing day". Explained in today's words, it is the era mission of the educated, that is, they should base themselves on China, serve China, face the world and the future, keep forging ahead, constantly change, constantly strive for self-improvement, climb the peak forever, and strive to be at the forefront of social development and the trend of the times.
According to the school motto of "Pay equal attention to fairness and ability, change with each passing day" and Yan and Zhang's thought and practice, people generally call Nankai education "public education", and today it is also called "public quality education". Although it was formed in the twenties and thirties of last century, its educational thought transcends time and space, and meets the requirements of our party's educational policy for today's educatees. However, we can't forget that Yan and Zhang, two pioneers of education, came from old China and the old times. Their educational thoughts and practices inevitably have social and historical limitations, so we can't be completely blamed. In the new society and era, we should not only respect history and oppose nihilism, but also give it new connotation of the times on the basis of inheritance and carry forward the fine tradition of Nankai education in practice. At the beginning of 20 12, Nankai University formulated the Outline for the Implementation of Quality Education (20115), which made it clear that the core concept of quality education of "public competence" is "putting morality first, paying attention to competence, developing in an all-round way and being brave in innovation", and This makes the school motto of "function" implemented at the practical level of educational reform, and everyone in Nankai should deeply understand and consciously practice it.