Tsinghua University's school motto is "strive for self-improvement, be virtuous and carry things", which comes from a lecture entitled "Gentleman" given by Liang Qichao in Tsinghua on 19 14.
Self-improvement requires Tsinghua students to be competitive, brave and strive for first-class quality. As Liang Qichao said: "A gentleman's ambition is endless, and there will be no disadvantages of one violence and ten cold. Scholars are determined, tenacious and resolute. Be brave and don't avoid difficulties and obstacles. "
To be virtuous and carry things requires Tsinghua students to have the mind of unity and cooperation, strict self-discipline and selfless dedication. As Liang Qichao said: "A gentleman receives things generously, especially knowing the land. I am strict with myself and light with others. Fame, weight and grace. It looks like it is warm. "
As an important connotation of China's traditional culture, "self-improvement and virtue-bearing" embodies a sound personality, which combines two different characteristics, namely, being vigorous and obedient, and marks the comprehensiveness of personality development.
"Carrying things with virtue" means educating people and benefiting things with profound virtue. Now it is mostly used to train students to become virtuous and knowledgeable talents.
Self-improvement literally means: to be strong, we must make unremitting efforts; The profound meaning is: even if a person's situation is worse, he can achieve a strong self through unremitting efforts and dedication. If he wants to be strong, he must persist and never give up his efforts.