Named for a classical ideal of renewal.
Rixin Junior High School was approved for construction on December 19, 1969, and broke ground on April 27, 1970, becoming the third junior high school built in Caotun Township. Its founding was championed by then-county-magistrate Lin Yang-kang, who played a key role in expanding junior-high education across Nantou County. The school's name, 日新 ("Daily Renewal"), is drawn directly from the Book of Rites, one of the Chinese classics, reflecting an educational philosophy of continual self-improvement.
日新國中於民國58年（1969年）12月19日獲准興建，並於民國59年（1970年）4月27日動土開工，是草屯鎮內第三所設立的國中。建校由時任南投縣長林洋港積極推動，對南投縣國中教育的普及貢獻良多。校名「日新」典出儒家經典《禮記》，取其「日新又新」的自我精進精神為辦學理念。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏗️ Built at the County's Initiative
縣長推動建校
Approved in late 1969 and broken ground in April 1970, Rixin was the third junior high built in Caotun, championed by then-county-magistrate Lin Yang-kang as part of a broader push to expand secondary education across Nantou.
📖 A Name Drawn From the Classics
校名典出《禮記》
The school takes its name, 日新 ("Daily Renewal"), from the Book of Rites — a Confucian classic — expressing an educational philosophy centered on continual self-improvement and renewal.
🪑 Growing Up in a Woodworking Town
扎根木工家具之鄉
Students at Rixin grow up amid generations of local carpentry workshops and the timber trade that shaped Caotun's identity as one of Taiwan's best-known furniture-making centers.
Caotun, Taiwan's woodworking town.
Caotun Township is Taiwan's woodworking and furniture-making hub near Taichung, and Rixin's students grow up amid generations of local carpentry workshops and the timber trade that shaped the town's identity. See the Nantou county page for more on the region.
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Caotun Township, Nantou County, Taiwan
南投縣草屯鎮碧洲里博愛路150號
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