Tsinghua's school motto comes from a speech entitled "Gentleman" made by Liang Qichao in Tsinghua University in the winter of 19 14. Liang Qichao used two images in the Book of Changes to inspire students: "Heaven is healthy, gentlemen strive for self-improvement" (dry divination) and "rich terrain, gentlemen carry things with morality" (Kun divination). He pointed out that a gentleman's ambition is like the movement of a celestial body, full of vitality and vigor. He should not suffer from the cold, should not advance with the benefits, and retreat when he is killed. Instead, he should emphasize self-victory, abandon selfish desires, be resolute, patient and brave, avoid difficulties and obstacles, and strive for self-improvement; At the same time, a gentleman should be as thick as the earth, be lenient with others, be strict with himself and treat others lightly, absorb new civilization with a broad mind and shoulder the heavy responsibility of history.
"Self-improvement" and "morality-oriented" have become two well-known idioms. The former represents vigorous, diligent, positive, higher, farther and stronger spirit of struggle; The latter represents the spirit of submission, responsibility, tolerance, practicality and hard work.
Self-improvement is strength, and virtue is literature; Self-improvement is yang, and virtue is yin; Self-improvement is the way to pursue ideals, and virtue is the principle of actual implementation; Self-improvement represents the nature of the heavenly father, and kindness is the virtue of the tunnel mother.
Tsinghua University (hereinafter referred to as "Tsinghua"), located in Haidian District, Beijing, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), and ranks among the national "Double First-class", "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project". The nine schools' alliance (C9), Song Lian League, China University Presidents Association, Asian University Alliance and Huanhuan were selected for "20 1 1 plan", "Everest Plan", "Strong Foundation Plan" and "11plan".
Tsinghua School, the predecessor of the school, was founded in 19 1 1. The name of "Tsinghua" originated from the place name of the school site "Tsinghua Campus", which was a preparatory school for studying in the United States founded by the government in the late Qing Dynasty. The funds for its establishment came from 1908, part of boxer indemnity returned by the United States. 19 12 was renamed Tsinghua school. 1928 changed its name to National Tsinghua University. 1937 after the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it moved south to Changsha, and formed the National Temporary University of Changsha with the State Peking University and the private Nankai University. /kloc-moved to Kunming in 0/938 and changed its name to National Southwest Associated University. 1946 moved back to Tsinghua campus. People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded 1949, and Tsinghua University entered a new stage of development. China University 1952 has become a multidisciplinary industrial university after adjustment. Starting from 1978, it gradually recovered and developed into a comprehensive research university.
As of June 5438+February, 2020, Tsinghua University has a campus area of 442 12 hectare and a building area of 2,876,400 square meters. There are 2/kloc-0 colleges, 59 teaching departments and 82 undergraduate majors. There are 50 post-doctoral research stations, 22 national key disciplines of first-class disciplines, and 60 doctoral and master's authorization points of first-class disciplines; Faculty 15772, students 53302.
19 1 1 In February, the Institute of Tourism Aesthetics established by the Qing government in Beijing and the You Mei School under construction moved to the northwest suburb of Tsinghua, and named the school "Tsinghua School". On April 29th, Tsinghua School officially opened. On the northeast side of Tangxue Building in Tsinghua, there is a group of European-style buildings with grey bricks and red tiles, which was once the earliest auditorium in Tsinghua. 19 1 1 year was completed, but it was not until 1923 that this group of buildings became the place for extracurricular training activities of the school, and it was named "the same department". Tsinghua's school motto "Strive for Self-improvement, be virtuous and carry things" comes from a speech entitled "Gentleman" made by Liang Qichao in Tsinghua University in the winter of 19 14. 191410/in June, Liang Qichao gave a speech in Tsinghua, and inspired students with two images in Zhouyi, namely, "Heaven is strong, gentlemen strive for self-improvement" (dry divination) and "The rich in the earth, gentlemen carry things with great virtue" (Kun divination). At the same time, a gentleman should be as thick as the earth, be lenient with others, be strict with himself and treat others lightly, absorb new civilization with a broad mind, improve our society, promote our politics, and shoulder the historical responsibility with a generous morality. Liang Qichao's impassioned speech deeply inspired the students in Tsinghua. Later, Tsinghua University's motto was "Strive for Self-improvement, Be Virtuous and Carry Things".
Liang Qichao had a soft spot for Tsinghua and sent his children Liang Sicheng and Liang Siyong to Tsinghua School. Both of them became world-renowned masters. At the same time, Liang Qichao himself is very concerned about running schools and the growth of students in Tsinghua. What he is obsessed with is the cultural roots of students studying in the United States. He once said: "In addition to Western learning, Tsinghua students should also learn Chinese studies; Gai Guo Xue is the foundation of the country and has made contributions, especially to non-Chinese studies. " He appreciated the "purpose of cultivating all-round talents and strengthening national strength" and the "educational policy of studying in Germany and constantly striving for self-improvement" put forward in the articles of association of Tsinghua University. In fact, in the first ten years, Tsinghua University has been established as an ordinary preparatory school for studying in the United States. Students enter the Tsinghua campus, mainly learning English and some European and American cultural knowledge, while the traditional culture in China is relatively weak. 1925 February, under the auspices of President Cao Yunxiang, the preparatory office of Tsinghua University Institute of Chinese Studies was established.
Previously, Hu Shi, who is famous for advocating vernacular Chinese, suggested that President Cao adopt the tutorial system of Song and Yuan Academy, learn from the graduate schools of foreign universities, and set up a research institute with academic papers as its special research method. President Cao was deeply impressed by this. First, Wu Mi, a 32-year-old celebrity who was born in Tsinghua and returned from Harvard University in the United States, was invited to take charge of the preparatory office of the Institute, and asked Wu Mi to hire one by one with his own letters of appointment. Soon, Wang Guowei and Liang Qichao, famous academics, and Zhao Yuanren and Chen Yinque from abroad were successively hired as professors. These are the "Four Professors" or "Four Mentors" of Tsinghua National Studies Institute, which shocked the academic circles all over the world, spread widely and had far-reaching influence. Tsinghua University spared no effort to hire "four great tutors" to teach in our school. A remarkable feature widely praised by later generations is that they attach importance to real talent and practical learning, do not respect false reputation, and do not believe in diplomas.
Among the "Big Four", only one holds a doctorate certificate from Harvard University in the United States, while Wang, Liang and Chen Dou do not have a doctorate, a master's degree or even a bachelor's degree.
Liang Qichao's title of "Doctor of Literature" was given by Yale University in the United States after he taught at Tsinghua National College. After sixteen years abroad, the young Chen Yinque traveled around Harvard, Berlin and other famous universities in Europe and America, but finally failed to get a dr. zhang diploma. He is learning knowledge. Many years later, Wu Mi once said with emotion that Chen is knowledgeable and versatile: "Not only is he knowledgeable, but he also knows the inside story of Chinese and Western politics and society ... Over the years, he has inspired and taught many people in China's literature, singing and poetry."