天主教輔仁大學六十三學年度新生訓練在臺復校校長于斌樞機主教發表〈大學教育的目的〉引《大學》：「大學之道，在明明德，在親民，在止於至善。」對當代高等教育是否仍有啟發？本文首先詮釋「明明德」的要義，即道德的修養和理性的啟發。其次闡釋「道德生活」的意涵有三：明辨是非，知所去取學做人，日用倫常力行實踐。再則轉化「親民」和「止於至善」的現代意義接軌當代高等教育，從關係論和服務論立志，對真知永遠保持開放的精神談「求知心」可不斷「擴大」知識的範圍。最終指向教育的使命是培養「完人」，即人人適性盡情發揚美善。

In the academic year 1974-1975 orientation of Fu Jen Catholic University (FJCU), Cardinal Paul Yü Pin (于斌), the first president after FJCU was re-established in 1961 in Taiwan, delivered the speech “The Purpose of a University Education”. In his speech, Yü Pin quoted from Daxue (《大學》, The Great Learning) : “What the Great Learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.” Does the idea of this quotation from Daxue still inspire the contemporary higher education? This paper will interpret the main purpose of “illustrating illustrious virtue”, which means, the moral cultivation and rational inspiration. Secondly, this paper explains the significance of the “moral life”: distinguishing the right from the wrong, recognizing the reason without hidden agenda so that can learn how to behave oneself properly, and putting into practice in the daily human affectivity. Then this paper transfers the idea of “renovating the people” and “resting in the highest excellence” into modern meaning in order to connect with the contemporary higher education: making up one’s mind based on relations theory and service theory, always being open-minded to true knowledge, and discussing that “intellectual curiosity” can “expand” the field of knowledge constantly. Finally, this paper indicates that the mission of education is to cultivate a “perfect man”, which means everyone can carry forward goodness and virtue with appropriate development.