The Cultural Tradition of Chung Chi College

195 1 year, Chongji started school with the motto of "stop at perfection", which means constant pursuit of perfection.

"Stop at perfection" comes from the main Confucian classic "University", which is the "door for beginners to learn morality" (Cheng Haoyu, a Confucian in the Northern Song Dynasty), and reveals the origin of virtue and the significance of its development and perfection.

The way of university, mingde, is close to (new) people, and stops at perfection.

"Ming Ming De" means to make your virtue conscious and clear; "Xinmin" is to educate others and let others "turn over a new leaf"; "Perfect" means the successful completion of both.

"Ming Ming De" and "Xinmin" are what later Confucian scholars often said. "Ming Ming De" means "being yourself" (achieving yourself); "Xinmin" is "one thing" (achieving the world or everything; "Things" take a broad sense, including "people", that is, "everything"). "Self-realization is the development of virtue consciousness from the inside out, while" stop at the best "is to always give consideration to" self-realization "and" realization "and keep moving forward, with perfection as the destination.

The meaning of "supreme goodness" is the same as that of "perfection", which is the highest realm and an eternal ideal. Its significance lies not in absolute completion or achievement, but in approaching as a "purpose" and also as a source of strength. On the one hand, ideal is "perfect", on the other hand, reality is "incomplete"; The pursuit of perfection from "imperfection" to "perfection" is a dynamic process of continuous efforts. Endless progress, high success and lasting success lie between this "circle" and "unfinished". "Circle" and "non-circle" reflect each other and know "non-circle", so we can be open-minded; Strive for "perfection" and you will be as healthy as the sky ("to be healthy" comes from the Book of Changes). "Stop at perfection" contains health and emptiness, and at the same time it has the spirit of self-improvement of "continuous pursuit of perfection" and the spirit of openness of "not thinking about perfection".

"Stop at the best" has always been interpreted in a broad sense and a narrow sense: in a broad sense, it means that everything is constantly pursuing perfection and striving to be the best; In a narrow sense, it means constantly striving for perfection in virtue, seeking progress by oneself and helping others to make progress. Whether in daily life or moral cultivation, Excellence has profound cultural significance.

The motto of Chongji is universal, far-sighted and eternal. Inducing students with the ideal of "stop at the best", enlightening students with Xiu De, expanding students with magnanimity, understanding students with the best, and inspiring students with diligence are the profound meaning and spirit of worshipping the foundation of the founding fathers. Song of Chung Chi College

(H.S. Thompson, Xie Fuya)

People from all over the world from Nantianhai Camp are happy with this institution.

Worship Christ, inspirational, diligent.

Long night, hold your head high and live up to your mission.

Apply what you have learned, save the outrageous spirit and shine all over the world.

China has a long academic history.

Freedom, democracy, friendship and friendship help each other.

The crystallization of Chinese and western cultures adds to the grandeur of civilized saints.

The elite from heaven gave great responsibility to the best people and encouraged them to go on together.

The lyrics of the school song were written by 1952. The contents of the lyrics declare the mission of establishing a school, and encourage students to study hard, and in the spirit of Christianity and the motto of "stop at perfection", integrate Chinese and Western academics, and take it as their responsibility to carry forward culture and save the world. )

Songs of Chung Chi Student Club

(Hwang Yau-tai Qu, Ice Ci)

Anshan is pale and full of confidence.

Only I worship the foundation and stand tall in the south.

Erudition and perseverance stop at perfection.

Carry forward cultural truth and glory

The four seas family is sincere and United.

Fengxiang kites fly and fish jump.

Anshan is pale and full of confidence.

The emblem of that historic Weiyang Chongji school consist of patterns and word, with the word "Chongji" at the top of the pattern and the word "stop at perfection" at the bottom. The script of the school name and motto is Xiao Zhuan.

The school emblem design is based on the Tang Dynasty "Daqin Nestorianism Popular China Monument" design. Later, the design of the school emblem was selected by the school board and is still in use today.

The outer frame of the school emblem from 1954 to 1960 is rectangular, as shown below:

Since 196 1 year, the outline of the school emblem has been changed to a shield shape, as shown below:

Chongji is a Christian institution of higher learning, and its emblem is based on the Nestorian Monument/kloc-0 more than 200 years ago. Bearing in mind the beginning of Christianity's missionary work in China, there are several codes that trace back to the source and take root in China.

The logo of the school emblem is a lotus flower with a flame. The cloud symbolizes heaven, the lotus symbolizes purity and perfection, the cross symbolizes Christ's sacrifice to achieve the perfect realm of life, and the flame symbolizes light. The ten frames on the pattern enlighten the meaning of perfection in life, which coincides with the spirit of pursuing perfection in the school motto "Stop at perfection" (taken from "University"); The symbol of purity and perfection of lotus also corresponds to the meaning of perfection. This "complete" elegant collection has both the beauty of mutual interpretation of pictures and texts and the beauty of integration of different cultures. On the whole, the Christian spirit and China cultural spirit are in harmony, and at the same time, it embodies Chongji's ideal of running a school with the mission of promoting world culture. The school emblem of Chongji simply and harmoniously marks the realm of "holiness and perfection". There is a flag on the front of the school gate archway, which is the name of the school. A pair of school name couplets inscribed by Ling Daoyang are engraved on the stone pillars on the left and right sides below:

Lofty, but loving, caring for the world and communicating things.

The foundation is education, and the scenic spots of Haishan are Huaihai and Tao Zhu.

"Harmony" means "harmony between people and things", which is what Zhang Zai, a Confucian in the Northern Song Dynasty, said: "People and my compatriots, things and me", which means: treat all people as their compatriots and all things as their companions. Being pregnant is to care for all the people and things born in heaven and earth with you.

Couplets look at the inner world and the outer world at the same time, with high feelings, far-reaching implications and harmonious expression. From the beginning, we can lead to "heart" and "realm" as the main points, revealing two deep meanings.

From an honest point of view. Couplets closely follow the campus form (superior geographical environment), show the spirit of running a school, educate talents with lofty fraternity and inclusive and open spirit, and carry forward world culture. The All-China Federation has shown a broad mind and a magnificent atmosphere.

From the perspective of humanization. The school's trade union said that "heaven and earth have a heart" (adhering to the spirit of heaven and earth) and "seamount scenery" (facing the beautiful scenery of seamounts), emphasizing that heaven and earth and seamounts give people moral enlightenment: the natural environment contains intangible appeal to cultivate the soul, and a beautiful campus with "seamount scenery" can silently cultivate "seamount heart" and "heaven and earth consciousness"; And with the "broad mind and selfless consciousness" of Tiandi Haishan-with the heart of Tiandi and Haishan as the heart, we will further cultivate the world cultural vision of "knowing everything" and the lofty fraternity thought of "nurturing the heart with pottery and casting people with pottery".

Chongji spirit attaches importance to harmony with nature and subtle environmental education. Chongji school gate is an important part of campus construction, and school alliance is a powerful part of spiritual construction. The campus lake has a beautiful environment and rich humanistic atmosphere, which makes people relaxed and happy.

The lake site used to be farmland and flowing water, facing Maanshan far away; In the late 1960s, it became a "lotus pond"; In the mid-1990s, the project of "Beauty and Goodness" was carried out and transformed into an "unfinished lake". The name of the lake is "not round", which means "it is not perfect yet, so we should continue to strive for perfection", echoing the self-improvement and opening-up spirit of the school motto "stop at perfection" with perfection as its eternal ideal, and its meaning can be explained and understood by the school motto.

Weiyuan Lake has lotus ponds, tea gardens and bamboo forests. There are also many kinds of flowers and trees planted along the lake, such as peach blossom, camphor tree, crape myrtle, water lily, yellow-flowered Suzuki, willow, weeping willow, larch, pine and cypress, Melaleuca, mallow, cicada, rhododendron and maple. There are a lot of koi fish in the lake. On the grassy slope near the lake in front of the People's Hall, the shrubbery forsythia was cleverly planted into the four characters of the school motto "Stop at the best".