"Study well as a teacher, and be upright as a model" is a famous saying from the famous educator Mr. Tao Xingzhi;

"Study is a teacher, and behavior is a model for the world" is a famous saying from the famous educator Professor Qi Gong, a writer, classical literature expert, and calligrapher, wrote his deep thoughts and inscribed it himself. After that, "Learn to be a teacher and act as a model for the world" became the school motto of Beijing Normal University.

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"Study high as a teacher" means that a person must have both profound professional knowledge and extensive scientific and cultural knowledge, so that he can be a good teacher. Teachers who truly preach, teach, and resolve doubts; "Being upright as a model" requires teachers not only to teach, but also to educate people. Confucius said: "If the person is upright, he will not do what he is told. If he is not upright, he will not follow orders." This requires teachers to set an example for students everywhere and use their actual actions to influence students, so that they can be infected in a subtle way, develop good behavioral habits, and learn to behave.

"Learning serves as a teacher and conducts as a model for the world" includes the dialectical relationship between learning and doing, theory and practice, being a scholar and being a human being, being an ordinary person and being a teacher. These eight words vividly and poetically convey the character, magnanimity and humanistic spirit of a teacher. It can be said that the eight words "learning is a teacher and behavior is a model for the world" were summarized and refined by Mr. Qi Gong from the older generation of outstanding educators. Generations of normal college students pass on the firepower from generation to generation, taking over the baton from the older generation. They strictly demand and motivate themselves in the spirit of the school motto of "learning as a teacher and acting as a model for the world", so that the glorious tradition can be passed down from generation to generation. for all generations”.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia-Qigong Academy