Graduates told true riches lie in spiritual wealth

Graduating students from three prestigious universities were urged by their university presidents in recent days to resist material temptations and strive for spiritual excellence.

The presidents of Fudan, Peking and Tsinghua universities gave separate but eerily similar speeches to the class of 2012, who are about to step out into the wide world.

Each urged their graduates to persist in their ideals despite the prevailing utilitarianism of society.