The construction of morality is very important to improve the overall quality of teachers. The excellent traditional culture of China includes rich philosophical thought, humanistic spirit, educational thought and moral idea. They can provide useful inspiration for people to understand and transform the world, which can provide useful enlightenment for the administration of state affairs and provide useful inspiration for moral construction. In the traditional culture, those suitable for strengthening and improving the moral construction of university teachers, we should combine them with the conditions of the times, to inherit and carry forward, and tap the historical connotation.