As to the expression, Chinese school mottos stress the use of such devices as antithesis and rhyming, whereas Western mottos, with no restrictions on the form, read freer in style.

• 在校训的表达形式方面，中国大学校训讲求对仗与钾韵，而西方大学校训则更为自由洒脱、没有严格的限制。