Excerpt from Book of Rites, University (Chapter III), and extract from the original text:
Pan Ming of Tang Zhi said, "If you are new, you will be new, and you will be new." Gao Kang said, "Be a new citizen." The poem reads: "Although Zhou is an old country, his life has changed." Therefore, a gentleman does his best.
Translation:
King Shang Tang's motto engraved on the bathtub is: "Every day is new, and every day is new. When it is new, it will be updated." Gao Kang said: "Encourage people to abandon the old and absorb new ideas." The Book of Songs said: "Although the Zhou Dynasty was an old country, it was endowed with a new destiny." Therefore, people with high moral character pursue perfection everywhere.
As an article in The Book of Rites, Daxue has a direct inspiration to Confucianism. Especially after the rise of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty, imperial examinations played a great role. After the Song Dynasty, almost every scholar was influenced by the university.