Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2005

by emphasis on computer application and bilingualism. Each college has its own motto conveying the missions and aspirations of the college and serving as a rule of conduct for its members and students. The motto of New Asia is ‘sincerity and intelligence', taken from the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Classics; it means that intellectual enlightenment and character-building are mutually reinforcing. Both Chung Chi and United took their mottos from the same passage in the Book of the Great Learning, another one of the Four Classics, the former being resting in the highest excellence' and the latter ‘ i l l u s t r a t i ng illustrious virtue, renovating the people'. Chung Chi's motto can be interpreted as the perpetual quest for excellence in acquiring knowledge and in upholding one's moral quality. United's motto means that man can regain his virtuous nature through education and then procee d to contribute to mankind. Shaw's motto ‘cultivating virtue, going deeply into learning' comes from The Analects of Confucius, the meaning of wh i ch is self-explanatory. The College System of The Chinese University 3