[Guangming Forum] Adhere to the Soul and Root of China | Marxism | Forum

Guangming Forum

Author: Qian Niansun

General Secretary Xi Jinping recently stressed during the sixth collective study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee: "The major proposition of the Sinicization of Marxism determines in itself that we must not abandon the soul of Marxism and the root of China's excellent traditional culture. Adhering to this soul and root is the basis and prerequisite for theoretical innovation." This important conclusion has rich theoretical implications and far-reaching practical significance, illuminates the voyage of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and points out our broad future in the great changes unseen in a century.

As the spiritual soul of the people of the CPC, Marxism has been the exploration and choice of the Chinese people for more than 100 years. At a time when the country was trapped in life and death, the older generation of the CPC introduced the kindling of Marxism into China with keen insight and fearlessness, led hundreds of millions of Chinese people to overthrow the three mountains on the people's heads, and established a new China taking the socialist road. Accepting Marxism as the guiding ideology is the choice of the CPC to conform to the trend of the times, and it is also the necessity and necessity of China's historical development. Chinese excellent traditional culture, as the cultural root of the Chinese people, is a treasure trove of wisdom accumulated by the Chinese people through thousands of years of hardships and struggles. It is the courage and strength left by our ancestors to our descendants to stand firm in the face of any storm and move forward with determination. The Chinese nation has a long history of over 5000 years, leaving behind countless cultural relics that have shaken the past and brought together the brilliant traditional Chinese culture. As the only uninterrupted civilization in the world, Chinese civilization has deeply influenced China's past, present, and future, continuously injecting spiritual power into the continuity, overcoming challenges, and creating new situations for the Chinese nation.

Adhere to the soul and root meridians, and pay attention to the inheritance, enrichment, and innovation of both. The so-called "pulse" refers to a systematic state formed by directional extension and coherence. The soul and root meridians each have their own historical processes and cultural accumulation of continuous evolution and expansion.On the other hand, the excellent traditional Chinese culture has undergone thousands of years of evolution and evolution. Academic peaks have emerged one after another, such as the pre Qin Zixue, the Confucian classics of the Two Han Dynasties, the metaphysics of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Buddhism of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Neo Confucianism of the Song and Ming Dynasties, and the Puxue of the Qing Dynasty. In today's creative transformation and innovative development of the excellent traditional Chinese culture, it reflects the spiritual character of "striving for daily renewal, daily renewal, and daily renewal" of Chinese culture. Marxism can bear fruitful results on the land of China, demonstrating not only the strong vitality of Marxism, but also the broad mindedness of Chinese culture that can draw on all excellent human ideological and cultural resources and explore and innovate.

To firmly adhere to the soul and root lines, it is necessary to deeply understand the "two combinations", that is, fully understand the significant significance of combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific realities and excellent traditional Chinese culture. Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture have significant spiritual consistency and a high degree of compatibility. Fundamentally speaking, Marxism is the theory of the people, and excellent traditional Chinese culture has always emphasized the importance of the people and the foundation of the country. The two are interconnected in the concept of putting the people first. The ideal of Marxism regarding the construction of socialism and communism coincides with the "Great Way, the World is Public" and its aspiration for a "Great Harmony Society" in the Book of Rites and Rites.

The combination of Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture is not a simple platter like "physical reaction", but a "chemical reaction" like yeast fermenting wine in grain, creating a new cultural life form. In this new life form where the soul and root are integrated, the light of Marxist truth injects and activates the roots of excellent traditional Chinese culture, leading and motivating Chinese civilization to "grow even more in the deep spring of old trees" in modern transformation; The rich nutrition of the vast roots of excellent traditional Chinese culture enriches and nourishes the vitality of Marxism, highlighting its increasingly distinct Chinese style and style in the new leap of sinicization and modernization. The path of socialism with Chinese characteristics has been guided by the soul of Marxism, and it has also been drawn from the profound wisdom of Chinese culture. Chinese path to modernization not only has a broad vision of all the achievements of human civilization, including Marxism, but also has the historical depth and profound connotation endowed by more than 5000 years of Chinese civilization.

Adhering to the essence and root of Marxism is not simply returning to the original standards of Marxism or the long-standing tradition itself, but following the necessary path of "two combinations", with the spirit of upholding righteousness and innovation, continuing the historical context in the new era and new journey, and composing a contemporary chapter.We must grasp the great historical and contemporary practices of the Chinese nation with a broader perspective and a longer-term perspective, summarize Chinese experience with Chinese principles, elevate Chinese experience into Chinese theory, continuously deepen our understanding of the regularity of theoretical innovation, and make more contributions to strengthening cultural confidence, promoting cultural prosperity, and building a cultural power.

Guangming Daily

[