Cultivating people with moral integrity was not proposed by a single person. "Li De" first comes from "Zuo Zhuan·Xianggong Twenty-Fourth Year": "The most important thing is to establish virtue, the second is to perform meritorious services, and the third is to establish words. Even if it is not abolished for a long time, this is called immortality." The word "Li De" will be Put it first, which shows its importance. "Treating people" comes from "Guanzi Quan Xiu": "A one-year plan is better than planting valleys; a ten-year plan is better than trees; a lifelong plan is better than planting people." The process of cultivating people is like planting trees. It is a long-term project. Since good virtue cannot be formed naturally, it is necessary to "establish virtue". All living beings cannot naturally become talented without education, so it is necessary to "establish" the most correct moral standards. "Establishing morality" and "cultivating people" are in a dialectical and unified relationship. "Establishing morality" is the ultimate goal of "cultivating people", and "cultivating people" is the prerequisite for "building morality". The proposition of "cultivating people with morality" has important theoretical connotation.

The report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that "cultivating people with moral character is the fundamental task of education and cultivating socialist builders and successors with comprehensive development of morality, intelligence, body and beauty." Establishing moral character and cultivating people. To achieve this, we must first establish the teacher's morality and build the teacher's soul. Compared with the report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which stated that "adhere to educating people first and moral education first," this discussion further strengthens and refines moral education, and also provides an in-depth explanation of the connotation of quality education. Especially in the context of today's market economy, the implications are far-reaching and long-lasting.