"Seeking Truth": Li Dazhao's View of Cadre Education

Li Dazhao attaches great importance to the guidance and education of the Marxist theoretical team and the revolutionary practice team. Under his practice and vigorous promotion, he has successfully cultivated a large number of backbone forces and leaders for the Chinese revolution.

Propaganda Speech, Propaganda and Education of Cadres with Revolutionary Ideology

Almost everywhere Li Dazhao went, he would take time to go to the campus, go to factories and mines, and go to the grassroots level to promote patriotic and progressive ideas and Marxism. In 1917, Tianjin Youth organized a patriotic lecture and invited Li Dazhao to give a speech on "Greater Asianism" in the auditorium of the Dongma Road Youth Association. The upstairs and downstairs were crowded and the audience was extremely enthusiastic. On November 29, 1918, Peking University held a speech conference in Central Park (later renamed Zhongshan Park). Li Dazhao gave a speech on the topic of "Victory of the Common People". On September 3, 1922, he was invited to give a speech on youth issues at the Chinese Vocational School, calling on young people to unite in the struggle against imperialism and feudalism. In April of the following year, he gave a speech on "History and Philosophy" at Fudan University ". From April to November this year, I gave three speeches to college teachers and students at Shanghai University. From "evolution and progress" to encouraging young people to establish a Marxist view of history, to "socialist interpretation of doubts" to analyze the essential attributes of socialism, and then to "introduction to history" to explain the methodology of historical materialism, Li Dazhao's speech is always so profound and ebullient, which is very popular with the students.

People who have listened to Li Dazhao's speech will be deeply moved by Li Dazhao's persuasive and tireless teaching. Chen Yi called Li Dazhao "self-study and tireless teaching". Lin Boqu said that Li Dazhao "is wise and foolish enough to solve doubts, and his words are like a flash fax". Mao Zedong was even more impressed with Li Dazhao, calling him a "real teacher".

Lecture from the forum to guide the young backbone to the revolutionary road

Li Dazhao attached importance to inculcating Marxism to the youth in the lecture hall. During his teaching in Beijing Women's Normal University and other schools, he used the legal forum system to introduce Marxism to students, and opened courses such as "History of Historical Thought" and "Historical Essays" in the Department of History, and "Socialism and Social Movement" in the Department of Economics. Open "Socialism" in the Department of Law. In the Department of Political Science, he cooperated with Professor Chen Qixiu to organize "Modern Political Lectures" and "Research on Historical Materialism. The contents he taught, such as "historical materialism", "history of social movement", "socialism and social movement", "sociology", "history of historical thought" and "history of feminist movement", are the first topics that run through historical materialism in the history of modern Chinese education.

At that time, Li Dazhao had a high reputation among young people. Many young people regarded him as their mentor and guide, and many people came to Beijing to ask him for advice. He always earnestly, enthusiastically and sincerely introduced Marxism-Leninism and the road of the "October Revolution", inspired and encouraged them to devote themselves to the working people, "join labor groups", transform China and transform themselves; at the same time, he warned them what is ideal, What is a revolution, what should be done, what should not be done, how can we "taste the beauty of youth, and the grace of youth, A life of perpetual youth". Under the guidance of his education, many young people embarked on the road of revolution and became the backbone of the revolution. For example, Bo Yibo, Li Chuli, Fang Zhongru, Yang Yichen, etc. have all listened to his teachings.

Set up associations and make them the cradle of educational cadres.

At that time, the youth associations gathered advanced elements among the youth. Li Dazhao paid great attention to the ideological education of the youth on the platform of community activities, and worked hard to promote the youth associations to become the cradle of the growth of early communist intellectuals. The Young China Society, initiated by 7 people including Wang Guangqi and Li Dazhao, lasted 7 years and had more than 100 members. Among them, Mao Zedong, Zhang Wentian, Deng Zhongxia, Yun Daiying and others later became famous leaders of the Communist Party of China. In March 1920, Li Dazhao, Deng Zhongxia, Gao Junyu and others planned to establish the "Max (I. e. Marx) Theory Research Association", also known as "Kang Muyizhai", a communist room. Li Dazhao was a consultant and held many special studies, academic lectures, debates, etc. Many young people accepted Marxism under his influence, and some of them became famous activists in the early days of the Chinese Communist Party, such as Gao Junyu, He Mengxiong, Zhu Wushan, etc.

In addition, there are many organizations such as the New Wave Society, the National Magazine, the News Research Society, the Philosophy Research Society, and the Civilian Education Lecture Group. Li Dazhao combined with these groups, with his position as a professor and tutor, he made friends with literature, explored hard, guided the activities of these groups, and had a profound impact on these groups. Through the gathering and scattering with batch after batch of young intellectual elites of Peking University, Li Dazhao released light and heat exponentially, and became the mentor of a generation of young people and the founder of the CCP organization. When Mao Zedong entered Beijing in 1949 and saw the ancient capital city wall, he said with infinite emotion: I met a great man in Peiping, Comrade Li Dazhao. It was with his help that I became a Marxist-Leninist. He is my real teacher. Without his guidance and teaching, I still don't know where he is today!

Leading the Party School, Training and Educating Cadres to Join the Revolutionary Practice

In early December 1920, the Beijing Party organization decided to set up a labor tutorial school in Changxindian, located at No. 1, ancestral hall, Changxindian Town Street, to publicize Marxism and train the backbone of the workers' movement. Li Dazhao was one of the main teachers to teach in the school. In the labor remedial school, teachers use popular language and vivid examples to tell why the workers suffer from poverty and why they should organize, how foreign workers fight against capitalists, and how to organize trade unions and political parties.

Around 1924, Li Dazhao deeply felt the importance and urgency of training cadres. In December, when he returned to Beijing after attending the Fifth Congress of the Communist International, he discussed with comrades Zhao Shiyan and Peng Jianhua of the Beijing party organization and decided to set up a party school, which was publicly registered as "Beijing Vocational cram School". After the meeting, a formal written report was submitted to the Central Committee, asking Luo Yinong to preside over the work. The Central Committee approved the report. In the autumn and winter of 1925, the Party School of the Northern District Committee of a two-entry courtyard in Jiangyangfang Hutong, Xinjiekou, Xicheng District, Beijing was established. Li Dazhao attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech, discussing the current good situation of the revolution and the tasks of the party school, and encouraged the students to seize the time. Work hard to learn revolutionary skills, prepare for the fiery revolutionary battlefield after graduation, and contribute to the party's cause.

In addition, in 1926, the Party School of the Northern District Committee of the Communist Party of China held a training class, which was attended by members of the Communist Party and the Communist Youth League. Li Dazhao talked about the issue of farmers in the training class. He also led the Northern District Committee to set up a military movement working group, promoted the organization of a training class for Party and League members to apply for the Huangpu Military Academy, and sent Wang Ruofei and Xuan Xiafu to set up military schools respectively, so that the party's work of training military personnel has made great progress. Under the direct leadership of Li Dazhao, Yu Shude and An Ticheng, teachers of Tianjin Beiyang Law and Politics Special School, founded the first workers' school in Tianjin, Tianjin Workers' Remedial School. These measures have played a role in promoting and promoting the training of educational cadres, and have indeed achieved the original intention of training leading talents that the central government hopes, and promoted the development of the party's revolutionary cause.

Selected to study, focusing on improving the skills of workers, peasants and military cadres

Li Dazhao called on young students and intellectuals to work among the workers and peasants, integrate with the workers and peasants, and encourage aspiring young people to leave their families and parents to temper themselves among the working masses. At the same time, the new modern civilization should be instilled into society from its roots, that is, Marxism should be instilled into the masses of workers and peasants. He earnestly pointed out to the youth, "The state where the smoke from the kitchen and the chicken and the dog hear each other is the place where you can settle down and live". Especially during his work in leading the northern party organization, he sent young party members to the grassroots to go deep into the people, trained a group of young cadres with both ability and political integrity for the Communist Party of China, and also educated and trained a group of backbones and leaders who met the needs of the revolution.

Li Dazhao led the Northern District Committee to support the southern revolution and trained and transported a large number of cadres for the revolutionary movement in the south. Under his vigorous promotion, many cadres were selected to study political theory at the Peasant Movement Institute in Guangzhou, Wuhan Agricultural Institute, Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, and Oriental Communist Labor University. More than 50 Communist Party members were selected to study at the Huangpu Military Academy, and some cadres were assigned to the Central Military and Political School Wuhan Branch, Zhangjiakou Northwest Military Cadre School, Leningrad Military Academy and other institutions to study military affairs, it has trained a large number of party-building talents for our party, and also sowed the seeds and laid the foundation for the subsequent revolutionary struggle. Many of them, such as Liu Zhidan, Wang Yifei, Li Yunchang, Zhang Zongxun, etc., later grew into senior generals in the People's Army.

Li Dazhao has made historic and outstanding contributions to the party's cadre education and training work with his great Marxist mind, the courage of "iron shoulders to bear morality", and the educational style of "seeking truth". As Comrade Xi Jinping said at the 120 anniversary of Li Dazhao's birth: "Comrade Li Dazhao is a true revolutionary, his great personality and lofty demeanor, it will forever be recorded in the annals of the revolutionary struggle of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people."

Source: Learning Times