[Era Qingyin] Han Zhen: How to correctly apply the Great Historical View to grasp the overall trend of the times | History | Era

Author: Han Zhen

The so-called grand view of history, from a holistic worldview perspective, is a materialist understanding of history that adheres to the economic foundation determining the superstructure and the people creating history; From a fundamental methodological perspective, it is to adhere to analyzing and understanding history from the perspective of dialectical materialism that is concrete, objective, comprehensive, and interconnected with development; From the perspective of basic values, it is to adhere to the perspective of putting the people first to evaluate and view history; In terms of practice, it is necessary to promote historical development and progress with the spirit of historical initiative.

The grand view of history is a scientific historical view that views historical development from a concrete, objective, comprehensive, and developmental perspective.

Firstly, the grand view of history is a viewpoint that grasps the essence of history through surface historical phenomena such as people's daily activities and emotions, political activities of elite figures, ideological consciousness and religious beliefs in cultural life, etc. No matter how chaotic the process of social development may seem, it is essentially a product of human practical activities. The laws of historical development exist in the process of enhancing human labor practice ability.

Secondly, the grand view of history is a methodology that applies dialectical materialism to understand the laws of contradictory movements and development in human history. According to dialectical materialism, in order to grasp the grand view of history, one must observe social changes and development from a specific historical perspective, which is different from the abstract speculative viewpoint of metaphysics. Secondly, it is necessary to think about history from an objective and comprehensive perspective, which distinguishes it from the subjective and one-sided views of metaphysics. Thirdly, it is necessary to understand history from the perspective of connected development, which distinguishes it from the isolated and static view of metaphysics.

Once again, the grand view of history is the view that adheres to the people-oriented sentiment and the spirit of historical initiative to promote historical development and progress. The Party insists on viewing the people as the mainstay of history and regards serving the people wholeheartedly as its fundamental purpose. Standing from the perspective of the people means standing on the right side of history, and being able to maintain consistency with the direction of historical development. The century long struggle history of the Party is the process of consciously practicing the materialist view of history, uniting and leading the people in historical creation activities. It can be said that viewing the history of the Party with a materialist view of history is the correct view of Party history.

Finally, the grand view of history is the viewpoint of occupying as much historical material as possible, in order to systematically view the development of history. The correct approach is to systematically and deeply study the history of various fields. Only by possessing materials in detail can a holistic concept be formed; Having a holistic perspective, in turn, is beneficial for understanding dispersed materials. In short, in terms of historical time, we need to search for patterns throughout the entire river of human history; From the perspective of historical space, the entire stage of human activities should be viewed from a global perspective.

To correctly apply the grand view of history, it is necessary to grasp the main theme of historical development, the value orientation and internal requirements of the mainstream essence.

To understand the historical development and its twists and turns, these are two points of view; But it is more important to grasp the direction and mainstream of historical development, which is the key point. Only by adhering to the unity of the two point theory and the key point theory can we achieve the goal of historical development through unremitting struggle. In the process of historical contradictory movements, new things represent the direction of historical development. No matter how weak it may be at the beginning, and no matter how many twists and turns or twists it may go through, the power representing the correct direction of history will always grow stronger. The objective laws of historical development determine that no matter how accidental history may be, the trend of its development and the overall trend of civilization progress are irresistible.

We must adhere to the correct view of the Party's history, establish a grand view of history, accurately grasp the main theme and mainstream essence of the Party's historical development, correctly treat the mistakes and twists and turns that the Party has experienced on the path of progress, draw lessons from successes, and continuously open up the path to victory. Only by establishing a grand historical perspective can we see clearly why we were able to succeed in the past and understand how we can continue to succeed in the future.

We should use the concept of grand history as a methodology for analyzing the mechanism of evolution and exploring historical laws.

Firstly, only in the context of a larger historical and historical context can we understand the struggle of a political party, the rise and fall of a country, and the rejuvenation of a nation. For us, only by adhering to the grand view of history, placing the May 4th Movement in the 5000 year history of Chinese civilization, the 180 year history of Chinese people's struggle since modern times, and the 100 year history of the CPC's struggle, conducting research on China's economic history, political history, ideological history, cultural history, social history and other fields since the May 4th Movement, summarizing historical laws, and revealing historical trends, can we, from the perspective of combining historical logic, theoretical logic, and practical logic, clarify why the May 4th Movement has such a significant and profound impact on the development and progress of contemporary China, clarify why Marxism can become the guiding ideology of China's revolution, construction, and reform, and clarify why the CPC can shoulder the responsibility of leading the Chinese people to achieve national independence The historical task of people's liberation, national prosperity and people's happiness should clarify why socialism can take root in China and continue to improve and develop, so as to guide people to learn from and learn from history.

Secondly, only by establishing a grand historical perspective can we truly grasp the laws of history, and thus formulate correct and feasible strategic plans to solve practical problems and seek future development. To make accurate strategic judgments, plan scientifically, and win the initiative, it is necessary to adhere to the concept of grand history, draw lessons from the magnificent history, increase wisdom from experience, and improve understanding from lessons. The development of history has laws, but people are not completely passive in it. We must give full play to the spirit of historical initiative, be good at seizing the opportunity of historical changes, seize the opportunity, and strive for progress, so as not to fail our historical mission. However, only by understanding the laws of historical development can we grasp the overall trend of historical development. The CPC is a party with a scientific guiding ideology. It does not allow history to evolve blindly, but through grasping the objective laws of history, it makes reasonable plans for future development and actively promotes history in the right direction. We must educate and guide the entire Party to embrace the overall strategy of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the unprecedented changes in the world, establish a grand historical perspective, analyze the evolution mechanism and explore historical laws from the long river of history, the tide of the times, and the global situation, propose corresponding strategic strategies, and enhance the systematic, foresight, and creativity of our work.

Finally, only by establishing a grand historical perspective can we have a correct understanding of the history of the Party, the history of New China, the history of reform and opening up, and the history of socialist development, and truly achieve confidence in the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, theory, system, and culture. On the one hand, only by adhering to the grand view of history can we accurately grasp the main theme and mainstream essence of the Party's historical development, correctly treat the mistakes and twists and turns that the Party has experienced on the path of progress, correct the source through ideological guidance and theoretical analysis, clarify vague understanding and one-sided understanding of certain major historical issues, and more firmly oppose historical nihilism; On the other hand, only by adhering to the grand view of history can we scientifically grasp the historical process and the trend of the times, fully understand that the CPC has led the Chinese people through tenacious struggle, ushering in the great leap from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong, ushering in the great leap from backward times, keeping up with the times to leading the times, and creating the historical facts of the great epic of earth shaking and ghosts sobbing in human history.

We should deeply understand and comprehend the significance of the grand view of history, examine the historical process of human civilization with a broad historical perspective, maintain historical clarity on the basis of historical consciousness, stand in the correct direction of history, and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation to a new level with the spirit of historical initiative, making new and greater contributions to human civilization.

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