The practice of core values must align with traditional culture, particularly outstanding traditional culture. Martial virtue, as a crucial component of excellent traditional ethical culture, is actively promoted in universities, keeping pace with the times, and serves as a positive embodiment of core values. Research indicates that martial virtue, composed of ethics and practical procedures, is inherently “homogeneous,” sharing the same origin, purpose, and essence as core values. In terms of ideological and moral concepts such as “patriotism,” “loyalty and righteousness,” “keeping promises at all costs,” and “respecting etiquette and abiding by the law,” martial virtue and core values resonate. The principle of mutual influence and fusion is the law governing the interactive coupling and transformation of martial virtue and core values. Martial virtue acts as the carrier for the implementation of core values in universities, while core values serve as the developmental guide for the transformation and upgrading of martial virtue in higher education.