"The Second Combination" is a systematic understanding of China | culture | regularity derived from successful practice
In his important speech at the forum on cultural inheritance and development, General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly discussed the basic connotation of "combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture." it also makes a comprehensive and profound exposition on the "second combination" and scientifically answers the question of the cultural foundation of the Sinicization of Marxism, which is of great practical and theoretical significance.
Theoretical innovation comes from practical innovation. In the practical process and theoretical innovation of Sinicization of Marxism, our party has always attached importance to the inheritance of excellent Chinese traditional culture and persisted in the innovative inheritance and application of excellent Chinese traditional culture. Comrade Mao Zedong pointed out: "We are Marxist historicists, and we should not cut off history." From Confucius to Sun Yat-sen, we should sum up and inherit this precious legacy. This is of great help in guiding the great movement at present. " He used the ancient saying of "seeking truth from facts" to summarize the party's ideological line and solve the theoretical and practical problems of the Chinese revolution. Comrade Deng Xiaoping stressed: "it is necessary to understand some Chinese history, which is a spiritual driving force for China's development." He endowed "seeking truth from facts" with the new connotation of "emancipating the mind" and used "well-off society" to mark the phased goal of the development of contemporary China. Comrades Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao have also made many profound expositions on carrying forward Chinese excellent traditional culture and building socialist culture with Chinese characteristics. For example, the idea of "two vanguards" put forward by Comrade Jiang Zemin and the concept of "harmonious society" put forward by Comrade Hu Jintao are successful examples of the combination of the basic principles of Marxism with excellent Chinese traditional culture. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has attached great importance to the inheritance and development of excellent Chinese traditional culture. with a deep understanding of the status and role of culture in historical progress, a correct grasp of the spiritual characteristics and historical inheritance of culture, and the unremitting pursuit of cultural revival and civilization progress, it has opened up a new realm of combining the basic principles of Marxism with excellent Chinese traditional culture. The "second combination" is a profound theoretical summary made by General Secretary Xi Jinping based on our party's successful practice of inheriting and carrying forward Chinese excellent traditional culture, and a profound grasp of the law of the development of Chinese civilization. it shows that our party's consciousness of promoting cultural innovation in inheriting excellent Chinese traditional culture has reached a new height.
Innovative theory has a strong power of truth because it grasps the law of the development of things. The "second combination" is the regular understanding that General Secretary Xi Jinping led us in exploring the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it is a true explanation of the possibility, reality and triple historical effects of the innovative practice of "the second combination".
The reason why the "second combination" is possible is that Marxism and Chinese excellent traditional culture are two ideological traditions that agree with each other, and their encounter can produce chemical reactions to create new values, new ideas and new things. The "second combination" is not based on the abstract "must", but there is a real possibility of such a combination, that is, not only must be combined, but also can be combined. The premise of combination lies in whether there is a fit between the two, and only when there is a fit can they be combined organically. Marxism and Chinese excellent traditional culture come from different sources, but they have a high degree of agreement with each other in terms of the deepest values: the world contained in Chinese excellent traditional culture is common to the people, people-oriented, governance by virtue, innovation, appointment on the basis of merit, unity of man and nature, continuous self-improvement, virtue, honesty, harmony, kindness and good neighbors, etc. It is an important embodiment of the views of the universe, the world, society and morality accumulated by the Chinese people in their long-term production and life, and is obviously highly consistent with the values of scientific socialism born in modern industrial civilization. These highly compatible values were originally consolidated with the traditional production and life style and feudal political system maintained by excellent Chinese traditional culture, but with the passage of time and the weathering and loosening of consolidation, they become more and more "abstract" and more general, and they are more and more likely to obtain objective understanding. In other words, today we can analyze the excellent Chinese traditional culture from its original concept system and reconstruct it on a new basis. Marx pointed out: "Chinese socialism is to European socialism, perhaps just like Chinese philosophy and Hegelian philosophy." This is the internal stipulation of the possible "second combination".
The reason why the "second combination" is realistic is that the "combination" of the two sides is positive and productive, which creates a new cultural life body of organic unity and makes Marxism China's. Chinese excellent traditional culture has become modern, and the new culture formed through "combination" has become a modern cultural form of Chinese style. Practice tells us why Communist Party of China can and why socialism with Chinese characteristics is good. In the final analysis, it is the practice of Marxism and the practice of Marxism with Sinicization and modernization. Sinicized Marxism is not only the positive result of "the first combination", but also the positive result of "the second combination". As an organic and unified new cultural life body, Sinicized Marxism, especially its latest chapter, Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, not only makes Marxism full of Chinese flavor and firmly rooted in China, but also makes Chinese excellent traditional culture coruscate the fresh charm of the times and become modern. Finally, it has created an organic and unified new cultural form of Chinese-style modernization on the basis of the great practice of Chinese-style modernization. This new cultural form is new, but it is also the most vital, and its future must be the sea of stars.
As a successful example of practical innovation, the historical effect released by the "second combination" is huge. First of all, the "second combination" lays a solid foundation for the road. Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era has expanded the depth of history and strengthened the cultural foundation through the "second combination". The thought of people-centered development is not only the inheritance and development of Marxist people's position, but also the creative transformation and innovative development of the thought of "people-oriented" in Chinese excellent traditional culture. Xi Jinping's thought of ecological civilization not only inherits and innovates the Marxist view of nature, but also innovates and develops Chinese excellent traditional ecological culture and philosophical wisdom, and is a major change in the history of the development of human civilization. The idea of a community with a shared future for mankind is not only the innovative development of Marx's theory of world history, but also the creative transformation of the ancient system of "the world". And embracing the world is the creative integration of the Marxist concept of "seeking liberation for mankind" and "the world is shared by all people", which shows the historical responsibility of the Communists for the progress of mankind and the great harmony of the world. The new development of the thought of common prosperity shows the internal integration of the value purport of Datong society and communism, while the common value of mankind and the idea of mutual learning among civilizations fully show the creative development of Marxist concept of civilization and the concept of "harmony but difference". Through the "second combination", Chinese-style modernization gives modern strength to Chinese civilization, while Chinese civilization endows Chinese-style modernization with profound details, thus further building the historical and cultural foundation of the Chinese road.
Second, the "second combination" opens up room for innovation. On the basis of the "first combination", General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly put forward the "second combination" and raised it to a fundamental principle of the Sinicization of Marxism. This fully reflects the highly conscious and comprehensive deepening of the party Central Committee's understanding of the law of the development of Marxism in China with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core. The "second combination" is an important symbol to show the breadth and depth of the Sinicization of Marxism in the new era, and it is an inevitable requirement for strengthening cultural self-confidence and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The two integrate and promote each other, unified in theory with Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and in practice in the innovative practice of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The connection between Sinicized Marxism and excellent Chinese traditional culture shows Communist Party of China's high cultural self-consciousness and firm cultural self-confidence, and shows the profound cultural heritage of our party's governance. On the other hand, the innovation and self-confidence at the cultural level can play a more powerful role in the road, theory and system, so that we can achieve another ideological emancipation in a broader cultural space and make full use of the precious resources of excellent Chinese traditional culture. explore future-oriented theoretical and institutional innovation.
Finally, the "second combination" strengthens the cultural subjectivity. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, in the practice of leading the party and the people to promote governance, the CPC Central Committee has always put cultural construction in an important position in the overall work, constantly deepening the understanding of the regularity of cultural construction, and putting forward a series of new ideas, new viewpoints and new conclusions. These important viewpoints are the theoretical summary of the practical experience of the party's leading cultural construction in the new era and the fundamental follow of doing a good job in propaganda, ideological and cultural work, which must be carried out and enriched for a long time. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed: to continue to promote cultural prosperity, build a cultural power, and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new historical starting point, we must strengthen cultural self-confidence, adhere to our own path, and be based on the great historical and contemporary practice of the Chinese nation. we should sum up China's experience with Chinese truth, upgrade China's experience to Chinese theory, and achieve spiritual independence. "the second combination" profoundly summarizes Communist Party of China's practical experience in different historical periods of revolution, construction and reform, and shows the gene of Chinese civilization in our own cultural subjectivity. it has strengthened our cultural and historical self-confidence of "going our own way". The establishment of Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era is the most powerful embodiment of this cultural subjectivity and the "zero point" moment when this cultural subjectivity begins to be fully released. it is a new starting point for this cultural subjectivity to continuously write a new chapter in the Sinicization of Marxism.
