The new school motto covers moral education, intellectual education, developing science and keeping pace with the times. It conforms to the university's school-running philosophy, has the characteristics of modern university motto, blends with the spirit formed in the historical development of our school, is consistent with our school's development philosophy, is elegant and popular, and most people can understand its meaning and find the corresponding source, which has a certain humanistic connotation.
The motto of Jilin University is "being realistic and innovative, inspiring and striving for self-improvement". This eight-character school motto embodies the spirit of down-to-earth, hard work and hard work of several generations of Jidong people. Under the new historical background, a new interpretation of the school motto should not only precipitate the reform practice of the new Jilin University, which has merged six universities, but also condense the new ideas, new ideas, new teaching and management methods that Jilin University must absorb in the process of moving towards a high-level research university, and endow it with new contents and characteristics of the times. In 2003, New Jilin University started the study of modern university spirit, focusing on the excellent traditions, school philosophy, school spirit, study style and values formed in the long-term running process of the merged original five universities, interpreting the school motto of "seeking truth from facts, being innovative, inspiring and striving for self-improvement" with the times, and on this basis, putting forward the spirit of Jida in 2 1 century.
The motto of Nanjing University is "honest and majestic, knowledgeable and persistent", which is not only concise, catchy and easy to recite, but also dignified, profound and philosophical. "Honesty, simplicity and macro" was originally the motto of Central University, and "Study hard and walk well" was selected by me from the famous sentences of ancient sages in China. The word "encouraging learning" often appears in ancient Chinese. Song Zhenzong wrote a poem called "Encouraging Learning" to encourage people to study hard. "Dunxing" can be found in the Book of Rites Quli: "Those who have knowledge and give in are also gentlemen." Combining the words "clean and magnificent" and "study hard" as the motto of Nanjing University today not only embodies the fine traditions and characteristics of our school, but also embodies the ideal pursuit and realization of running a school. The eight-character school motto is independent, focused, interrelated and integrated, covering many aspects such as educational thought, scientific spirit and character cultivation.