All flow with the intellectual blood of traditional Chinese philosophy, and the three theoretical sources of Marxism are the Chinese nation | China | tradition
Chinese civilization has always had a strong sense of crisis: on the one hand, it has a clear understanding of the worrying and troublesome aspects of the current situation; On the other hand, it is not being overwhelmed by worries, but rather a strong sense of responsibility and the drive to create new situations when facing them.
Today, the Chinese nation is facing new challenges in the changing world landscape, and human civilization as a whole is also facing unprecedented changes. In this context, we need to shoulder a new cultural mission and strive to build modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
In 1940, Mao Zedong proposed in "On New Democracy" that "establishing a new culture of the Chinese nation is our goal in the cultural field", and pointed out that the culture of future China's construction should be national, scientific, and popular. For the nation, it is to uphold the subjectivity of Chinese culture; Scientific means absorbing the achievements of modern civilization, including those of the West; The value orientation of serving the people is that of serving the masses. Ethnic, scientific, and popular are the basic connotations of new culture. The modern civilization of the Chinese nation can be said to be the new development of a national, scientific, and popular new culture in contemporary times.
In 1956, Mao Zedong further emphasized that China should make significant contributions to humanity. This contribution has been too small in the past long period. Now, we have reason to believe that the great practice of Chinese path to modernization will show the world that China has the determination and ability to build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. The greatest respect for human civilization is to create new forms of human civilization. This new form is the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
The modern civilization of the Chinese nation belongs not only to the Chinese nation, but also to all humanity. The character of modern Chinese civilization is not selfishness and exclusivity, but harmony with all nations and inclusiveness towards the world. Chinese civilization has outstanding inclusiveness and peace. This was the case in ancient times, now, and in the future.
The modern civilization of the Chinese nation embraces the past and is more oriented towards the future. The reason why we emphasize the continuity between the modern civilization of the Chinese nation and the 5000 year old Chinese civilization is not to prove that our ancestors have made great achievements, but to "carry forward the aspirations of others, describe their affairs well", continue the aspirations of our ancestors, and create a better future.
The modern civilization of the Chinese nation is constantly innovating and innovating. A core issue in modern China has been "where China is going", manifested in the debate between ancient and modern times, China and the West in the field of ideology and culture. The essence of the debate between ancient and modern times, China and the West, is how traditional Chinese civilization, in its encounter with the West, innovates itself while maintaining its subjectivity, and ultimately transforms itself into a modern civilization of the Chinese nation. In this process, it is necessary to learn from the West while maintaining a critical mindset; We need to reflect on our own traditions, but we cannot underestimate ourselves or completely Westernize.
We cannot simply ask: Does traditional Chinese civilization promote or hinder the modernization of the Chinese nation? On the one hand, we should make a critical investigation of the traditional Chinese civilization, select its essence and discard its dross; On the other hand, we need to creatively transform and innovate the development of traditional Chinese civilization, adhere to the principles of integrity but not conservatism, respect the past but not retro, maintain innovation in continuity, maintain continuity in innovation, and ultimately develop modern Chinese civilization from traditional Chinese civilization.
Chinese path to modernization is the modernization of continuing the ancient civilization, rather than the modernization of eliminating the ancient civilization; It is a modernization that has grown from the land of China, not simply copying the modernization of other countries; It is the result of civilization renewal, not the product of civilization rupture. From this, we can proudly say that Chinese civilization is the only civilization in the world that has continued to this day without interruption.
The modern civilization of the Chinese nation can achieve the continuation and renewal of traditional Chinese civilization, which cannot be achieved without the combination of the basic principles of Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture. The great civilization created by the Chinese nation over thousands of years has been activated by the truth of Marxism, unleashing a powerful force of renewal and creation.
Research has shown that the three theoretical sources of Marxism all flow with the intellectual blood of traditional Chinese philosophy, including factors of excellent traditional Chinese culture. It is precisely because Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture are in harmony that the two can be organically combined and achieve mutual success, thereby making Marxism China's and Chinese excellent traditional culture modern.
In short, the modern civilization of the Chinese nation is not closed, but open; It's not the perfect time, but the ongoing time. The future of China will embrace the world with a more open attitude and contribute to the world with more vibrant cultural achievements.
