Developing a New Era of Literary View and Building a Modern Civilization Era for the Chinese Nation | Literature | The Chinese Nation
General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the symposium on cultural inheritance and development comprehensively and profoundly discussed the basic characteristics and development laws of Chinese culture and Chinese civilization, and provided a fundamental follow for the practical promotion of various tasks in the cultural field in the new era and new journey. It provides a new guide for the majority of cultural workers to thoroughly study and implement Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that Chinese civilization has five outstanding characteristics: continuity, innovation, unity, inclusiveness, and peace. Continuity "fundamentally determines that the Chinese nation will inevitably go its own way", which is an important prerequisite for us to understand China's history, present and future; innovation "fundamentally determines the Chinese nation's enterprising spirit of abiding by integrity and respecting the past and not restoring the past, and determines the Chinese nation's fearless character of not being afraid of new challenges and daring to accept new things"; unity "fundamentally determines the integration of the cultures of all ethnic groups of the Chinese nation, and it is firmly united even if it encounters major setbacks. It determines the common belief that the country is inseparable, the country is inseparable, the nation is inseparable, and the civilization is inseparable. It determines that national unity is always The core of China's core interests determines that a strong and unified country is the destiny of the people of all ethnic groups"; inclusiveness "fundamentally determines the historical orientation of the exchanges and exchanges of the Chinese nation, the harmonious pattern of pluralistic coexistence of various religious beliefs in China, and the open mind of Chinese culture to the inclusiveness of world civilization"; peace "fundamentally determines that China has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of the international order, and determines that China constantly pursues exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations without engaging in cultural hegemony, it determines that China will not impose its own values and political system on others, and that China will insist on cooperation, not confrontation, and will never engage in a small circle of'party and party".
The summary of these five characteristics accurately and appropriately reveals the characteristics, laws and values of Chinese civilization and Chinese excellent traditional culture, and provides a new perspective for a comprehensive understanding and understanding of the inherent attributes of Chinese traditional culture. As an important part of Chinese traditional culture and Chinese civilization, Chinese literature also has the above characteristics. Combining these characteristics to observe and think about Chinese literature can make us see many important aspects that we have not paid attention to before more clearly and comprehensively.
First, from the perspective of continuity, Chinese literature has thousands of years of well-documented development, whether it is oral traditions such as myths, legends, and epics handed down by mouth of various ethnic groups, or written literature by writers such as poetry and prose., Its expression methods, rhetorical strategies, the basic spirit and emotions contained, and many important styles have maintained a consistent continuity. The new artistic techniques, new styles and new ideas that gradually formed in the development of later generations mostly belong to the tributaries that grew out of the early traditional mainstream. This kind of continuity constitutes the core feature of the history of Chinese literature, and it is also the focus that we need to pay attention to when writing the history of Chinese literature.
Second, from the perspective of innovation, innovation is precisely the internal driving force that keeps Chinese literature alive and continuous. Literary research, especially in the field of folk literature research, has made a very clear discussion on the dialectical relationship between continuity and innovation in the process of literary development through a set of important concepts-"inheritance" and "variation. There is no variation in literature without inheritance, and there is no variation in literature or cultural inheritance. Innovation belongs to the active variation that reflects the consciousness and initiative of the literary subject, and especially plays an important role in ensuring the continuous inheritance of literature.
Third, from the perspective of unity, literature, as an art form that reflects social life, expresses people's emotions, and embodies the national spirit, is not only the result of the projection of multiple realistic factors, but also can play a role in the real world in many aspects. In the literary works of all ethnic groups in China, we can not only see a large number of realistic themes that reflect the themes of territorial integrity, national unity, and national cohesion, but also see the concentrated expression of the idea of relocation of the land that emphasizes pluralistic integration and opposes war division. Therefore, it can be said that unity is not only the external function of Chinese literature, but also its internal attribute that can not be ignored.
Fourth, inclusiveness is a generalization of the deepest attributes of Chinese civilization, including Chinese literature. It is precisely because of its inclusiveness that Chinese literature has always been able to maintain the mind and courage of embracing all rivers and the world. It not only maintains the vitality of continuous interaction between different ethnic groups and different regional literature within the pluralistic integration of the Chinese nation, but also always actively absorbs and learns from the essence of literature from all over the world with an open and inclusive attitude, and thus obtains strong vitality. In this sense, inclusiveness is an important prerequisite for ensuring unity. Without the tolerance of multiculturalism, there can be no mutual unity; inclusiveness is also the basis for ensuring innovation and continuity, and there is a lack of inclusive literature., It is impossible to tolerate innovation or variation, it is impossible to tolerate adapting measures to time and local conditions, and it is impossible to obtain long-term vitality. At the same time, for the peace of the five outstanding characteristics, inclusiveness is also very important. It is the fundamental element to ensure that Chinese civilization and Chinese literature have deep peace.
Fifth, the peaceful nature provides us with another important perspective to understand Chinese literature. For example, in both oral and written literature, happy endings are the most prominent feature of traditional Chinese literature. From an artistic point of view, this structural model has been criticized by many critics for its routine expression, but combined with the concept of the peace of Chinese civilization, we can see the eternal pursuit of peace and tranquility of the Chinese nation contained in this model. And famous traditional literary works such as "Journey to the West", "Water Margin", and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", although there are many writings expressing strong conflicts and even bloody violence, their final ending is also towards peace, and therefore they are loved by the public. This reflects the peace of Chinese literature from another aspect.
Combined with the learning experience of "studying and implementing Xi Jinping's ideological theme education on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era", which is being widely carried out throughout the country, and then to understand General Secretary Xi Jinping's summary of the five outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization, we can see that it clearly reflects Xi Jinping's world outlook and methodology in the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, especially the integrity, systematicness and academic rationality. This has important guiding significance for promoting the cultural construction of the new era, and has important enlightening value for us to further prosper and develop the cause of literary research and promote the construction of the great concept of literature in the new era. At the same time, it has greatly enhanced our confidence and determination to speed up the construction of the three major systems of Chinese literature research and promote the construction of modern civilization of the Chinese nation on this basis.
The so-called grand view of literature refers to the viewpoint and method of understanding literary phenomena, summarizing the law of literary development, exploring the basic attributes of literature and promoting the construction of literary research discipline from the perspective of cultural integrity. It began in the period of the May Fourth New Literature Movement. After the baptism and deepening of the Yan'an New Literature Movement, this kind of literary thought, which was summarized as the "grand literary view" by the latecomers, has been further developed. After the founding of New China, under the guarantee of the country's thriving system, through the joint efforts of a large number of people of insight such as Zheng Zhenduo, He Qifang, Zhong Jingwen, Jia Zhi, etc., the basic concept of the grand view of literature has become increasingly popular. By emphasizing the understanding of literature with an open attitude and a broad vision, the field of literary research has been continuously expanded. Novels, myths, legends, ballads, operas and many other important styles that were previously excluded from the literary palace by the narrow literary view have been included in the scope of literature and have been highly valued. Based on the emphasis on the people's position, all literary creations of people of different nationalities and countries, all of them have been brought into the field of concern, which not only highlights the rich creativity of the people, but also plays a practical and effective role in promoting the construction of the Chinese national community, adhering to and deepening the concept and work strategy of thinking about the world, and promoting the construction of social culture.
Under the premise of adhering to the correct political direction and academic orientation, this grand view of literature not only embodies the inclusiveness of literary objects, but also means that the literary viewpoints and perspectives are inclusive. Whether it is the literature of traditional classic writers, folk oral literature and today's network literature; whether it is the literature of Han or the literature of ethnic minorities; whether it is the traditional Chinese literary thought or the western literary theory, it has always maintained a tolerant and positive attitude of support.
Because the attitude towards literature is open rather than closed, inclusive rather than exclusive, and innovative rather than conservative, therefore, this kind of literary view that connects the ancient and modern, integrates multi-ethnic groups and looks at China and foreign countries not only creates good conditions for a comprehensive view of the diversity of literature, but also builds and improves different secondary disciplines, practice promotes the comprehensive development of literary research in theory, perspective and method, and lays a solid foundation. And all this is an important prerequisite for us to adapt to the requirements of the times today, to further improve various basic research from the perspective of literature and culture as a whole, and to promote the social application and transformation of basic research results and its role in serving contemporary cultural construction.
It is worth noting that while different secondary disciplines have achieved rapid development in accordance with the original plan, there have also been more and more obvious barriers between different disciplines in the first-level disciplines of Chinese literature. The basic concept of literature is gradually drifting away. In this context, General Secretary Xi Jinping's new systematic exposition of Chinese civilization and excellent Chinese traditional culture, as well as the holistic and systematic views of Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, are important for us to further develop the comprehensive, holistic and comparative research ideas and research strategies in the great literary view, and promote the formation of a conscious consciousness of literary research disciplines that are based on their own traditions and expand their research horizons. Promote the integration and development of disciplines, it will play a positive leading role.
Specifically, in-depth study and understanding of the five outstanding characteristics of Chinese civilization in General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech will inevitably help deepen the understanding of the richness and diversity of literature itself, and play a role in expanding literary theory and perspective; It will certainly help to further understand the diversity and inter-subjectivity of literary practice subjects, and then to enhance the awareness of the Chinese nation's community and play a role in promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind in the international community; it will inevitably help to understand the diversity of literary forms and the dynamic interaction between different forms, and then play a role in understanding and maintaining the endless vitality and creativity of literature; it will inevitably help to promote the construction of the three major systems of literary research. And then play a role in the development and improvement of the concept of literature in the new era. And this kind of great literary view, which belongs to the new era and adapts to the new requirements, will inevitably contribute an irreplaceable force to the construction of modern civilization of the Chinese nation and the construction of a new form of human civilization.
