“嚼得菜根,做得大事”是李瑞清任两江师范学堂监督时所订立的校训。“嚼得菜根”是要求学生视富贵如浮云,无求于人,甘于清贫;“做得大事”则希望学生以天下为己任,有功于国,勇于担当。这条校训对当时受业于两江师范学堂的莘莘学子产生过深刻的影响。 “Chewed root, doing great things ” is Li Ruiqing Ren Liangjiang normal school supervision set by the school motto. “Chew was root ” is to require students to view the rich as the clouds, without seeking others, willing to poverty; “doing great things ” I hope the students take the world as their own responsibility, active in the country, the courage to play. This school motto had a profound impact on the students who had been employed by the Liangjiang Normal School at that time.