励志社, National historical and cultural site in Xuanwu District, Nanjing, China

The Lizhi Society is a complex of several buildings in traditional Chinese style, arranged around open courtyards. The rooms connect through corridors and doorways that create a gradual path through the entire site.

The complex was built between 1929 and 1931 on the Crystal Terrace of the Ming Palace's western garden, designed by Fan Wenzhao and Zhao Shen and erected by Shanghai's Lugenji Construction Company for 150,000 yuan. It served as the headquarters of the Lizhi Society, a fellowship and study organization for army officers founded by Chiang Kai-shek on 1 January 1929. In 1946 the Grand Hall housed the Ministry of National Defense military tribunal that tried Japanese war criminals, including Hisao Tani.

The name Lizhi She, meaning "Society for Aspiration," came from Chiang Kai-shek's 1929 alumni association for army officers. The complex later hosted China's first national sports conference in 1932 and, in 1935, the country's first group wedding, with 33 couples and mayor Ma Chaojun as witness. Today the buildings form part of the Zhongshan Hotel.

The complex stands at 307 Zhongshan East Road, north of the road and east of Huangpu Road, now part of the Zhongshan Hotel; the three buildings sit in a 品-shaped plan facing south, with the Great Hall on the west. Look for the square stone tablet set into the southeast corner of Building No. 1, carved with Jiang Jieshi's 1929 inscription.

On the southeast corner of Building No. 1, a square stone tablet set into the wall is carved with the words "励志社 民国十八年志 立人立己革命革心 蒋中正与励志社同仁共勉", a 1929 inscription in which Chiang Kai-shek urges members to cultivate themselves and renew the revolution.