Liu Zhanen, a famous educator in modern times, advocated the ideal “saving the nation through education”. During his tenure as President of University of Shanghai, he proposed that students should actively serve the society, and be educated with modern independent personality and citizenship. He hoped to cultivate modern and patriotic citizens with excellent characters. Based on the spirit of Chinese traditional culture and the requirements of western modern civic moral education, Liu Zhanen actively shaped the campus culture of “big family” in University of Shanghai. His thought of moral education had created a good style of study and spirit for University of Shanghai, promoted the transformation of University of Shanghai from missionary school to modern university, and trained a large number of excellent talents.