【正确答案】正确答案: Education, an important symbol of progress and prosperity of human civilization, constitutes a strong driving force for social and economic development, having been playing a major part through shouldering an irreplaceable mission and function in human history featured by unremitting struggle for progress. According to The Great Learning, a classic written prior to the Qin Dynasty over 2, 000 years ago, "the purpose of the great learning is to illustrate illustrious virtue, to enlighten and renew the public with modern thinking and to rest in the highest excellence". Such educational thought coincides with the spirit of modern universities established 1, 000 years later in Europe; enlightening wisdom, promoting culture and spreading knowledge, which has been passing for hundreds of years and experiencing the test of the history, and now refreshes and flourishes with vigor. We have stepped into the 21st century symbolized by the rapid scientific and technological development, the knowledge economy as well as the profound social revolution; therefore, our universities are now bestowed with new missions and rich connotation on the one hand, and confronted with unprecedented challenges and reformation on the other hand.
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