The motto of Zhejiang University-"Seeking Truth and Innovating" can be traced back to Qiushi Academy, the predecessor of Zhejiang University. Since its establishment, Qiushi Academy has advocated "practical learning, preserving the positive and eliminating the false". The school spirit of "seeking truth from facts" has gradually formed among teachers and students, and it will continue to Zhejiang University in the future.
Since the founding of New China, successive leaders of Zhejiang University have emphasized the pioneering and innovative spirit under the new historical conditions on the basis of inheriting and carrying forward the spirit of seeking truth from facts. Since then, Zhejiang University has gradually formed an excellent school spirit of "seeking truth from facts, being rigorous and practical, forging ahead and pioneering and innovating".
1On May 5th, 988, the school affairs meeting chaired by President Lu Yongxiang decided to take "seeking truth from facts, pioneering and innovating" as the motto of Zhejiang University in the new period. This is the correct decision made by Zhejiang University in order to adapt to the rapid development of modern science and technology and social needs, and it is the development of the spirit of seeking truth from facts.
Put forward:
Pan Yunhe gave a speech entitled "Seize the Opportunity, Meet the Challenge and Step into the First Class" at the 1995 Zhejiang University Teaching Work Conference, and put forward a new mode of talent training with equal emphasis on knowledge, ability and quality, which made the method and path of "innovation and truth-seeking" more specific and clear.
The knowledge mentioned by President Pan here includes professional knowledge and cross-knowledge; Ability includes expression ability, foreign language ability, computer ability, innovation ability, writing ability, organization ability, imagination ability, hands-on ability, etc. Quality includes ideological quality, moral quality and cultural quality.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhejiang University