Oxford University, located in Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Although the exact founding date of Oxford University is unknown, its history can be traced back to the end of 12 century, and it has been nine centuries. 1209, after the conflict between Oxford students and townspeople, some Oxford scholars moved to Cambridge Town in the northeast and founded Cambridge University. Since then, the two universities have been competing with each other for quite a long time.

Oxford university emblem:

As a symbol, a kind of? Meaningful form? (Clive? Bell), the school emblem of western universities is mostly shield-shaped? For example, Oxford University, which was founded in 12 century, has a shield-shaped school emblem (and universities such as Cambridge University all have a shield-shaped school emblem). The main part of the school emblem consists of three crowns (the upper two and the next), with an unfolded book in the middle, which reads? What does the Lord of Light mean? (? The Lord illuminates me? ), we can see the influence of medieval religion on universities, emphasizing? Enlightenment? Is the source of knowledge and truth. The crown on the school emblem shows the nobility and glory of university education, which is closely related to the university concept of cultivating gentlemen in British universities. Newman, a famous British educator, holds that the purpose of a university is to cultivate or bring up wisdom in his book The Idea of a University? Philosophy? Zheng, an educated gentleman and educator in China, also concluded:? The ideal of British universities is to cultivate gentlemen, represented by Oxford University.

Oxford university motto

Motto: Master of Light (Latin)

What does that mean? God is my light? (The Lord is my light), from Psalm 27 of the Bible.