“止于至善”与郭秉文的教育理想实践

The motto of “striving for perfection” and the educational practice of Dr.Guo Bingwen

"止于至善",源于儒家经典《大学》,20世纪20年代被国立东南大学第一任校长郭秉文倡议作为校徽文字。郭秉文不仅在南京高师—东南大学着力实践"止于至善"的校训精神,带领学校实现了一流大学的办学理想,而且为探索中国大学之道做出了重要贡献。2002年东南大学重新更定"止于至善"校训,不仅再次展现了郭秉文校长的深谋远虑和文化眼光,而且对东南大学继承优秀教育文化传统于21世纪创建世界一流大学有深远意义。

Dr.Guo Bingwen was the first president of Southeast University.He was also a renowned educationist and the first Chinese obtaining a Ph.D in education in Columbia University.In the 1920s,he selected'striving for perfection',aquotation fromDa Xue,a Confucianism classic,as the script on the university badge.Upholding this spirit,he fulfilled his ideal of developing Southeast University into a top university,which was a great contribution to the university-running in China.Since the return of'striving for perfection'as the motto at the 100th anniversary of Southeast University in 2002,it has been a guide for SEU to carry forward the cultural legacy and develop SEU into an internationally prestigious university in the 21st century.