"[All rivers run into the sea, with great tolerance]", that is to say, to be open-minded and broad-minded, which is also the embodiment of one's cultivation. China used to say that "a prime minister can sail in his stomach". No matter whether the prime minister is generous or not, people regard those who are broad-minded as the sea as respectable people. "There are hundreds of rivers and rivers, and there is great tolerance." These eight words express a self-encouragement couplet written by Lin Zexu, a national hero, in the library: "All rivers run into the sea, with great tolerance;" The wall stands thousands of miles, and there is no desire. " The implication is to be as broad-minded as the sea can accommodate countless rivers and streams, so as to form an extraordinary gas field. "All rivers run into the sea, all rivers run into the sea" is the urban spirit of Fuzhou. Now, Sichuan University quotes this sentence as its motto. For example, Lin Zexu wrote a couplet in the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi: "All rivers run into the sea, and you are just as strong as you have no desire." Big tolerance, from Shangshu; No desire is just, from The Analects. The origin comes from Lin Zexu's famous sentence: "All rivers run into the sea, with great tolerance." The wall stands thousands of miles, and there is no desire. "A couplet written by Lin Zexu at home: All rivers run into the sea, with great tolerance; The wall stands a thousand miles, and it is just without desire. All rivers run into the sea, and all rivers run into the sea: All rivers run into the sea, so it is the biggest in the world because of its broad mind (educating people to be broad-minded can achieve great things). Cliff can stand without desire, because it does not have excessive desire, nor does it dump in other places (educating people to give up unnecessary enjoyment and cultivate their morality). Metaphor a person's broad-mindedness can be all-encompassing. It means to be broad-minded and broad-minded, which is also the embodiment of one's cultivation. People regard people with a sea of hearts as respectable people. At the same time, it also has an all-encompassing meaning, which is often used to describe magnificent and indescribable things, so it is described as "all rivers run into the sea" Image embodiment "This is the image embodiment of Jinan cultural spirit. "In 2006, 165438+ 10/6, Jinan celebrated its centennial. Alumni from Jinan University at home and abroad get together with people from all walks of life to remember the past and enjoy the glory. China's education is called the historical expectation and spiritual accomplishment of educating people for a hundred years. How did Jinan get the reputation of "the highest institution for overseas Chinese" for a century? How many talents has she forged and what century spirit has she forged? Professor Jiang Shuzhuo, secretary of the Party Committee of Jinan University, told the reporter that at the beginning of the school, Jinan people advocated, practiced and refined Jinan's university spirit-loyalty, respect, unity of knowing and doing, self-improvement and harmony without difference. Spreading China culture to five continents, to be exact, modern higher education in China has a history of more than one hundred years. Century Jinan is a silhouette of modern higher education in China. But this silhouette is full and three-dimensional. 1906, the Qing government set up a school in Nanjing with the aim of "educating overseas Chinese and caring for overseas Chinese", and Jinan School, the first national overseas Chinese institution in China, was born. During the transition period of modern China, Jinan's school-running purpose was so clear and her vision was so broad, which reflected her spirit and tolerance. The word "Jin 'an" comes from "Shangshu Gong Yu": "The east is gradually in the sea, the west is in quicksand, and the south is combined, and the sound teaches the world. "It means facing Nanyang and spreading the excellent culture of the Chinese nation further and wider. With the mission of spreading excellent national culture, communicating with the world and teaching overseas Chinese, Jinan won many firsts in China University: the first overseas Chinese college founded by the state; The first university to recruit foreign students; At present, China has the largest number of foreign students. With the opening of the government, Jinan Park has attracted thousands of students at home and abroad. Over the past 20 years of reform and opening up, the school has sent more than 20,000 outstanding graduates to overseas countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In 2006, there were more than 30,000 students, including 1, 265,438+0,445 students from 77 countries on five continents and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, ranking first among universities in China. Overseas graduate students 1.008, accounting for 1/4 of the total number of graduate students in overseas universities, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. As a century-old overseas Chinese school, Jida is continuing to carry forward its mission and strive to realize the voice of Jinan with overseas Chinese. At present, Jida has run schools overseas, and Chinese textbooks are being used in North America, Europe and many countries and regions. Southeast Asian countries are also preparing to build Confucius Institutes. Self-improvement of the unity of knowledge and practice is a century-long endeavor of Jinan. Among the universities in China, there are only a few that have moved and separated several times since Jinan was founded. Jinan School was moved from Nanjing to Shanghai shortly after its establishment, and 1927 was renamed as National Jinan University. During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he moved to Jianyang, Fujian. 1946 back to Shanghai. 65438+September 0949 merged with Fudan University and Shanghai Jiaotong University. 1958 was rebuilt in Guangzhou, suspended during the Cultural Revolution, and 1978 was reopened. Jiang Shuzhuo expressed deep affection for the three ups and downs of Jinan: the century-old history of Jinan is an indomitable struggle history. " The more frustrated, the more energetic and self-reliant. Jiang Shuzhuo said frankly: "This is the most outstanding spiritual character formed by Jinan University in the course of a hundred years' development. "Personal destiny is always tied to the times. Jinan has been sharing the same fate with the country since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Material things have been lost, but the traditional spirit has been carried forward from generation to generation by new Jinan people. Jinan's outstanding spiritual character conforms to China's philosophical quality of "unity of knowledge and action", and shows Jinan's fine tradition and talent quality advantages. As early as the Zhenru period in Shanghai, the Zhixing Society was established in Jinan, aiming at "integrating knowledge with practice and building a strong motherland". 192 1 year, Jinan School and Southeast University jointly established the first business university in China-Shanghai Business School, which initiated the higher education of finance and economics in China. During the Anti-Japanese War, the school drifted and dispersed teaching by borrowing school buildings. Contemporary Jinan students inherit the ambition of their predecessors and carry forward the past. After the reconstruction of Jinan University, in order to beautify the environment, Tao Zhu, the president, and ordinary faculty members, together with Qi Xin dug out Huming Lake, which now affects the hearts of countless Jinan people. After the reopening of 1978, the spirit of Jinan Garden is high, and the architecture, masters and atmosphere complement each other. Jinan students are favored by employers because they pay attention to practice and combine knowledge with practice. The spirit of Jinan with four words and sixteen words is rich in connotation. As the motto of Jinan, "loyalty and filial piety" is the ideal pursuit and value judgment condensed by Jinan people for a hundred years. Self-improvement embodies the behavior of "unity of knowledge and action", just like a red line that condenses the past and points to the future. Everyone in Jinan proudly wears a red or white school badge on his chest. In its design, the letter "JNU" constitutes a sailboat with China characteristics. As a carrier of cultural heritage, the ship is also a bridge of cultural exchange, and it also means that Jinan sails and sails, which is different from the world. " This is the image embodiment of Jinan's cultural spirit. As a famous cultural scholar, Jiang Shuzhuo has different views on the cultural character contained in the spirit of Jinan University: "Harmony without difference is the most remarkable cultural style and feature of Jinan University. A really good university must be broad-minded, inclusive and pursue harmony on the premise of acknowledging differences. Different nationalities and cultures gather in Jinan Garden. After a hundred years, the diversified university culture has become a common practice here with mutual respect and tolerance. As the saying goes, tolerance is great. "If you are tolerant, you will create a host and gather the atmosphere. A large number of famous scholars such as Ma Yinchu, Zheng Zhenduo, Liang Shiqiu, Qian Zhongshu, Zhou,,,, Chu Tunan, Huang Hongbin and Pan Tianshou have emerged in the history of Jinan University. The students are brilliant and well-known at home and abroad. Wu, former Deputy Prime Minister of the State Council, a famous overseas Chinese leader, the first president of Singapore University, Xu, former President of Thailand's National Assembly and Deputy Prime Minister, and Chen XX Village, former President of Singapore's Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, are outstanding alumni of Jinan University in different periods. Today, Jinan is a national key university of "2 1 1 project". The school has a complete range of disciplines, a strong faculty and obvious characteristics of internationalization, modernization and integration. At present, there are 576 full-time teachers/kloc-0, including 2 academicians of China Academy of Sciences, 5 academicians of China Academy of Engineering, 63 doctoral supervisors/kloc-0 and 324 professors. The school now has 20 colleges, 44 departments, 88 research institutions, 74 laboratories and 6 1 undergraduate majors; There are 133 disciplines authorized by master's degree, 6 first-class disciplines authorized by doctor's degree, 39 doctoral degrees authorized by two disciplines, and 55 specialties for recruiting and cultivating doctors. Jinan has also actively carried out academic education exchanges with foreign countries, and signed bilateral agreements or established academic exchange relations with 70 universities and cultural institutions on five continents. At the new historical starting point of the centenary celebration, Jinan University is striving to build it into a well-known high-level research university at home and abroad in accordance with the development strategy of "overseas Chinese school+prestigious school" and continue to write the chapter of Jinan spirit.