This sentence comes from the first chapter of the university.
Original: The way of a university is to be virtuous, to be close to the people, and to stop at perfection.
Explanation: The purpose of the university is to carry forward the aboveboard moral character, study and apply it to life, and make people reach the most perfect state.
Distinguish and appreciate
The "Three Outlines" and "Eight Items" put forward in "University" emphasize that self-cultivation is the premise of governing people, and the purpose of self-cultivation is to govern the country and the world, which shows the consistency between governing the country and the world and personal moral cultivation.
The full text of "Da Xue" is concise, profound and far-reaching. This paper mainly summarizes the pre-Qin Confucian moral cultivation theory, as well as the basic principles and methods of moral cultivation, and also systematically discusses the Confucian political philosophy, which has profound enlightenment for being a man, doing things and governing the country.