日新
天天更新。努力使自身不断更新,使民众、社会、国家不断更新,持续进步、完善,始终呈现新的气象。它是贯穿在“修齐治平”各层面的一种自强不息、不断革新进取的精神。
Constant Renewal
This term refers to an ongoing process of self-renewal, which also brings new life to the people, society, and the nation. This process features continuous progress and improvement. It represents a tenacious and innovative spirit that permeates all levels of "self-cultivation, family regulation, state governance, bringing peace to all under heaven".
引例
汤之盘铭曰:“苟日新,日日新,又日新。”(《礼记·大学》)(商朝开国君主汤的浴盆上铸刻的铭文说:“如果能够一天更新自己,就应保持天天更新,更新了还要再更新。”)
"If we can improve ourselves in one day, we should do so every day, and keep building on improvement," reads the inscription on the bathtub of Tang, founder of the Shang Dynasty. (The Book of Rites)
来源:中国青年报