Xiamen University does not aim at the grand scale of running a school, but pursues high quality and "the best" as its ultimate goal. This has nothing to do with Xiamen University's "self-improvement"? The school motto of "stop at perfection" is integrated, which can be said to be two sides of Xiamen University's educational philosophy. The greatness of a university lies not in its architecture, but in its masters. What is "best"? This is an eternal pursuit process on the road, and it is also the explanation of the school motto "self-improvement, stop at perfection"
"Self-improvement" was first seen in Zhouyi Gan: "A gentleman strives for self-improvement". Tao Kan, who was stabbed in Jingzhou, took "self-improvement" as his ambition, worked hard and made contributions to the army supervision. From then on, this motto became famous with Tao Kan's brilliant exploits.
"Stop at the best" comes from the book Book of Rites University: "The way of a university is to be virtuous and close to the people, and stop at the best". The so-called "Mingde" is to show virtue in practice and forge excellent quality; The so-called "being close to the people" means being an official and loving the people and the people. In the Song Dynasty, Zhu further expounded that "being close to the people" means "being new to the people", that is, guiding the people to innovate the social view of being an official, and "stopping at the best" was also expounded by Zhu. He said: "If you stop, you must mean not moving; The best is the most natural thing. It is clear that virtue and new people should stop at perfection and achieve perfection.
Since Mr. Chen Jiageng defined these ancient teachings as school motto, Xiamen University people have worked hard to become a "southern power". If given the opportunity, children can be edified in this cultural atmosphere and acquire the behavior characteristics of hard struggle under the basic spirit advocated by Xiamen University, which is a lifetime wealth.