"University" put forward "three programs" and "eight items", emphasizing that self-cultivation is the premise of governing the country and the world, 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.
At the beginning of "University", it said: "The way of a university is to show virtue, to be close to the people, and to stop at perfection." This is what later generations call the "three programs" of universities. The so-called "mingde" is the mingde that promotes people's innate endowment. The so-called "being close to the people" means letting people abandon the old and seek the new, and go from evil to good. The "pro" and "new" here are innovation, abandoning the old and drawing new pictures. The so-called "stop at the best" is to achieve the best state of Confucian feudal ethics. "A gentleman stops at benevolence, a minister stops at respect, a son stops at filial piety, a father stops at kindness, and making friends with Chinese people stops at faith." This is the educational planning and training goal put forward by the university.
"University" also said: "The ancient desire is obviously superior to the world, governing the country first. If you want to govern your country, you should unite your family first. If you want to keep your family together, you should trim your body first. If you want to cultivate yourself, you should be upright first. If you want to be right, be sincere first. If you want sincerity, let him know first. Know in the matter. " The "Eight Progresses", which is called "University" by later generations, is a concrete step to realize the "Three Programmes". The central link of "Bajin" is self-cultivation. "From Tian Zi to Shu Ren, it is based on self-cultivation". With regard to training objectives and methods, universities have repeatedly emphasized personal moral cultivation.