Mao Zedong's Pioneering Contribution to the Great Party Building Spirit

　Abstract:Mao Zedong made a great pioneering contribution to the great party-building spirit. Mao Zedong not only nurtured the great party-building spirit in the great revolutionary practice, but also continued to carry forward the great party-building spirit in the great exploration and great practice of laying the fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and he also wrote a large number of poems to praise the revolutionary spirit of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people, who are not afraid of sacrifice and struggle bravely; the fine traditional style of the party formed by Mao Zedong's leadership of the Communist Party of China in the process of long-term hard struggle laid the fine traditional style and red gene for the great party-building spirit; Mao Zedong pointed out the direction for the great party-building spirit to transform into a powerful material force, and explored the party's The fundamental way to transform the ideological theory and revolutionary spirit into a powerful material force to guide the party and the people in revolution and construction.
　　Key words:Mao Zedong; Party building spirit; Red blood
Comrade Xi Jinping's important speech at the celebration of the 100 anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, for the first time in the history of the party, fully summarized the great party building spirit. The glorious tradition carefully cultivated by the older generation of revolutionaries such as Mao Zedong continues the red blood carefully cultivated by the older generation of revolutionaries such as Mao Zedong has very important and far-reaching significance.
Speaking of Mao Zedong's pioneering contribution to the great party-building spirit, I think the most important four aspects are: nurturing the great party-building spirit in the great revolutionary practice; laying a philosophical foundation for the great party-building spirit; laying a foundation for the great party-building spirit The fine traditional style and red gene; pointed out the fundamental way for the great party-building spirit to be transformed into a powerful material force.
　　1. Mao Zedong nurtured the great party-building spirit in the great revolutionary practice.
The great party-building spirit was not only formed in the process of founding the Communist Party of China, but also continuously carried forward and passed on from generation to generation in the great struggle practice of Chinese revolution, construction, reform and the new era. In this process, Mao Zedong's contribution is in a pioneering position.
First, Mao Zedong fully participated in the whole process of the founding of the Communist Party of China, was one of the important founders of the great party building spirit, and made important contributions to the formation of the great party building spirit. As the spiritual source of the Communist Party of China, the great party-building spirit is for the construction and continuation of the spiritual pedigree of the Communist Party of China, for the tempering and promotion of the distinctive political character of the Communist Party of China, and for the formation of the spiritual identity of the Communist Party of China in various historical periods and the advancement of the times. Has the significance of pioneering and laying the foundation.
Second, as the founder of the Communist Party of China, the People's Army, and the the People's Republic of China, and as the pioneer of the Sinicization of Marxism, Mao Zedong led the Communist Party of China to successfully open up the road of Chinese revolution and overthrow the three mountains of imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism. Realized national independence and people's liberation. In the great exploration and great practice of creating fundamental social conditions for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the great party, the great spirit has been continuously carried forward. Among the first batch of great spirits included in the spiritual pedigree of the Chinese Communists sorted out by the Central Propaganda Department approved by the Party Central Committee, those directly related to the revolutionary practice activities led by Mao Zedong include the spirit of party building, Jinggangshan spirit, Soviet area spirit, Long March spirit, Zunyi Conference spirit, Yan'an spirit, Anti-Japanese spirit, Xibaipo spirit, Nanniwan spirit, Zhang Side spirit and other revolutionary spirits.
Third, during the period of socialist revolution and construction, Mao Zedong led the Communist Party of China to successfully open up the road of socialist revolution, establish the basic socialist system, promote socialist construction, realize the most extensive and profound social change in the history of the Chinese nation, and realize the great leap of a poor and white eastern country with a large population into a socialist society. In the great exploration and great practice of laying the fundamental political premise and institutional foundation for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the great party building spirit has been continuously carried forward under the conditions of socialism and the ruling conditions of the Communist Party. Among the first batch of great spirits included in the spiritual pedigree of the Chinese Communists sorted out by the Central Propaganda Department approved by the Party Central Committee, Mao Zedong directly cultivated and personally advocated and called on the whole party and the people of the whole country to learn and carry forward the spirit of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea and Lei Feng., Jiao Yulu spirit, Daqing spirit (iron man spirit), Hongqi Canal spirit, Wang Jie spirit and other great spirits.
Fourth, a large number of poems written by Mao Zedong during the period of Chinese revolution and construction are not only the great epic of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, but also the glorious praise of the revolutionary heroism spirit of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people who are not afraid of sacrifice and struggle bravely. For example, in "Recalling Qin E · Loushan Pass", "Xiongguan is like iron, and now it is stepping forward from the beginning". In "Xijiang Moon · Jinggangshan", "the enemy besieged thousands of heavy, I stand firm". "Qinyuan spring snow" in the "number of romantic figures, also look at the present". In "Seven Laws-To Shaoshan", "For the sake of sacrifice and ambition, dare to teach the sun and moon to change the new sky. I like to see rice and thousands of waves, heroes everywhere in the evening smoke". In "Man Jiang Hong and Comrade Guo Moruo", "how many things are always urgent; heaven and earth turn, time is pressing. Ten thousand years is too long, seize every minute". "The army and the people are united as one person, try to see who can be the enemy in the world" in "Miscellaneous Poem · Eight Lian Ode". In "Water tune song head-return to Jinggangshan", "you can reach the moon in nine days, catch turtles in five oceans, talk and laugh. There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb". There are too many poems of this kind to mention. They are poetic expressions of the great party-building spirit, and they are also classic examples of combining the basic principles of Marxism with Chinese reality and with Chinese excellent traditional culture.
　　2. Mao Zedong Lays the Philosophical Foundation for the Great Party-Building Spirit
As the source of the spirit of the Communist Party of China, the great party building spirit is inseparable from the nurturing of revolutionary thought and the support of revolutionary thought. This thought is Mao Zedong Thought, especially Mao Zedong's philosophical thought.
The great party-building spirit has rich connotations. The core is: "Adhere to the truth, stick to ideals, practice the original aspiration, take on the mission, not afraid of sacrifice, fight bravely, be loyal to the party, and live up to the people."
"Adhering to the truth and adhering to ideals" embodies the world outlook and truth outlook of the Chinese Communists. Marxism-Leninism is a powerful ideological weapon for the Chinese Communists to understand and transform the world. It is also a great truth force for the Chinese Communists to transform the subjective world while transforming the objective world. It is the scientific guiding ideology of the Chinese Communist Party to build the party and strengthen the party theoretically. Mao Zedong pointed out in the article "Reforming Our Learning": "The 20 years of the Chinese Communist Party are the 20 years in which the universal truth of Marxism-Leninism and the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution have been increasingly combined." "The disaster-stricken Chinese nation, for a hundred years, its outstanding figures have struggled and sacrificed, one after another, and explored the truth of saving the country and the people. But it was not until after the First World War and the October Revolution in Russia that the best truth, Marxism-Leninism, was found as the best weapon for the liberation of our nation, and the Chinese Communist Party was the advocate, propagandist and organizer of taking up this weapon. Once the universal truth of Marxism-Leninism is combined with the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution, it will bring a new face to the Chinese revolution." As for the truth of Marxism, we should creatively apply and develop it in combination with our own reality and culture, but the fundamental premise is that we can really use it only if we really believe and understand it. Mao Zedong is a shining example of adhering to the truth and ideals. He once said: "Once I accepted that Marxism is the correct interpretation of history, my belief in Marxism has not been shaken."
"Practicing the original intention and assuming the mission" embodies the Chinese Communists' view of the people and the unity of knowledge and practice. Since its birth, the Communist Party of China has taken seeking happiness for the people and rejuvenation of the nation as its original intention and mission. Although Mao Zedong did not put forward this complete concept in general, there is no lack of these ideas in Mao Zedong's vocabulary. For example: "The people, and only the people, are the driving force behind the creation of world history." "Our Communist Party is the vanguard of the proletariat, and at the same time the vanguard of the most thorough national liberation." "Serve the people wholeheartedly and never divorce from the masses for a moment; everything starts from the interests of the people, not from the interests of individuals or small groups; the consistency of being responsible to the people and being responsible to the party's leading organs; these are our starting points." "The strength of this army is due to the conscious discipline of all those who join it; they unite and fight not for the selfish interests of a few or a narrow group, but for the interests of the broad masses of the people, for the interests of the whole nation. Standing closely with the Chinese people and serving the Chinese people wholeheartedly is the sole purpose of this army." The concept of unity of knowledge and practice, first of all, is to adhere to Marxist epistemology, adhere to investigation and research, adhere to practice-understanding-re-practice-re-understanding, so as to achieve the unity of subjective knowledge and the objective world. The concept of unity of knowledge and practice also needs to adhere to the Marxist historical materialism, insist that the people are the real driving force and subject of creating history, and transform one's own subjective world while transforming the objective world. "Communists must always be ready to uphold the truth, because any truth is in the interests of the people; Communists must always be ready to correct mistakes, because any mistakes are not in the interests of the people."
"Not afraid of sacrifice and heroic struggle" embodies the values and concept of struggle of the Chinese Communists. In his article "serving the people", Mao Zedong clearly explained the values and views of life and death of the Chinese Communists, pointing out: "people always die, but the meaning of death is different. In ancient China, there was a writer named Sima Qian who said: 'A person's inherent death is either heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather. 'To die for the interests of the people is heavier than Mount Tai; to die for fascists and for those who exploit and oppress the people is lighter than a feather. Comrade Zhang Side died for the benefit of the people, and his death was heavier than Mount Tai." In the article "The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountain", Mao Zedong also concentrated on the struggle concept of the Chinese Communists: "The line of our propaganda conference is to build up the confidence of the whole party and the people of the whole country, that is, the revolution must win. First of all, the vanguard must be enlightened, determined, not afraid of sacrifice, to fight for victory against all difficulties. But this is not enough. We must also make the broad masses of the people of the country aware and willing to fight with us to win victory." He inspired and educated the whole party with the fable "The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountain": "Now there are also two mountains that are pressing on the heads of the Chinese people, one is called imperialism and the other is called feudalism. The Chinese Communist Party has long been determined to dig up these two mountains. We must stick to it and work continuously. We will also move God. This God is none other than the people of China. The people of the whole country have come together with us to dig these two mountains. What's wrong with digging?"
"Loyalty to the party and living up to the people" embodies the party spirit and people's outlook of the Chinese Communists. Under the special national conditions of the party with farmers as the main component, Mao Zedong especially emphasized ideological party building, and took party spirit education and party spirit training as important ways to build the party. He pointed out: "The direction of our party's struggle is the completely correct direction to bring the Chinese nation back to life, and it will continue to persist in future historical practice until complete victory. Communists are a special kind of people who do not seek personal gain at all, but only seek the welfare of the nation and the people. They are rooted in the people. They are the sons of the people and the teachers of the people. They are always on guard not to divorce from the masses. No matter what happens, they always take the interests of the masses as the starting point for considering problems. Therefore, they can win the heartfelt support of the broad masses of the people, which is the basis for the inevitable victory of their cause." In his article "in memory of Bethune", Mao Zedong put forward the standard of being a Communist Party member with "no selfish spirit". This standard is to be "a noble person, a pure person, a moral person, a person who is divorced from low taste and a person who is beneficial to the people". Mao Zedong is a model of "loyalty to the party and living up to the people. After the failure of the Great Revolution, Mao Zedong personally drafted the oath to join the party: "Sacrifice the individual, work hard for the revolution, class struggle, obey the organization, strictly keep secrets, and never betray the party." For the highest interests of the party and the people, for the victory of the Chinese revolution and the consolidation of the new people's power, Mao Zedong sacrificed six relatives, including his wife, martyr Yang Kaihui and his eldest son, martyr Mao anying.
　　3. Mao Zedong laid the fine traditional style and red gene for the great party building spirit.
Mao Zedong Thought formed the party's fine traditional style in the process of building the party, in the process of opening up the Sinicization of Marxism, in the exploration of the road of Chinese revolution, and in the process of long-term hard struggle.
In the report of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong summarized these fine traditional styles into three major styles. He pointed out: "From the very beginning, our party has been a party based on the theory of Marxism-Leninism, because this doctrine is the crystallization of the most correct and revolutionary scientific thinking of the proletariat in the world. Once the universal truth of Marxism-Leninism was combined with the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution, it gave a new face to the Chinese revolution and gave birth to the entire historical stage of new democracy. The Communist Party of China, armed with Marxist-Leninist theoretical ideas, has produced a new style of work among the Chinese people, mainly the style of combining theory with practice, the style of being closely linked with the masses of the people, and the style of self-criticism."
The style of combining theory with practice enables our party to prevent dogmatism and subjectivism and maintain the correct direction of ideological party building when promoting the integration of the basic principles of Marxism with China's reality. This style of work has become one of the distinctive signs that distinguish the Communist Party of China from any other political party. "Mastering ideological education is the central link in uniting the whole Party in the great political struggle. If this task is not solved, all the Party's political tasks cannot be accomplished."
The style of keeping close contact with the masses has enabled our party to mobilize, rely on, publicize and organize the masses in the process of road exploration and successfully promote the cause of Chinese revolution and construction, serve the people wholeheartedly, adhere to the Marxist mass line, and can effectively prevent the mistakes of commandism and bureaucracy that are divorced from the masses. "All the speeches and actions of the Communists must be in line with the best interests of the broadest masses of the people and be supported by the broadest masses of the people as the highest standard. Every comrade should understand that as long as we rely on the people and firmly believe that the creativity of the people is endless, and thus trust the people and become one with the people, then any difficulties can be overcome, and no enemy can overwhelm us. Will be overwhelmed by us."
The style of criticism and self-criticism is a powerful ideological weapon for our party to promote ideological party building and overcome various non-proletarian ideas. "For us, we should constantly review our work, promote democratic style in the review, not be afraid of criticism and self-criticism, and practice 'saying everything we know, saying endlessly, ''saying is not guilty, hearing is a warning,' and 'if you have something, you will change it. If you don't, you will be encouraged. 'These useful aphorisms of the Chinese people are the only effective way to resist all kinds of political dust and political microbes eroding our comrades' thoughts and the body."
It is the three fine traditional styles carefully cultivated by Mao Zedong, as well as the complete system and mechanism of these fine traditional styles formed in the long-term practice of party building and revolutionary practice, that have created the red gene of our party and the people's army, and become the party to ensure that the party does not The glorious tradition of degeneration, color change, and unchanging taste has become the most precious spiritual wealth in the new era.
　4. Mao Zedong pointed out the fundamental way for the great party building spirit to be transformed into a powerful material force.
As Marx said: "of course, the weapon of criticism can not replace the criticism of weapons. Material power can only be destroyed by material power; but once the theory is mastered by the masses, it will also become material power."
How to transform spiritual power into material power, Mao Zedong made a creative exploration and formed two effective ways. The first is to promote the Sinicization and popularization of Marxism, so as to solve how to transform the party's ideological theory into a powerful material force to guide the party and the people in revolution and construction. The second is to solve how to transform the party's revolutionary spirit and fine traditional style of work into a powerful material force to promote the unity and common struggle of Party members and cadres and the masses through the vanguard and exemplary role of Party members and ideological education. In particular, through the second way, the practical foundation and mass foundation have been laid for the great party-building spirit, and a magnificent scene of "endless history and spirit passed on from generation to generation" has been formed in various periods of Chinese revolution, construction, reform and the new era.
Mao Zedong attached great importance to the vanguard and exemplary role of Communist Party members. In his inscription for the establishment of the Northern Shaanxi Public School in October 1937, he said: "We must create a large number of people, and these people are the vanguard of the revolution. These people have a political vision. These people are full of the spirit of struggle and sacrifice. These people are frank, loyal, positive, and upright. These people do not seek self-interest, the only for the liberation of the nation and society. These people are not afraid of difficulties and are always firm and brave in the face of difficulties. These people are not arrogant, nor are they limelight, but people who are down-to-earth and give practical spirit. If China needs a large group of such pioneers, the tasks of the Chinese revolution can be solved smoothly." In the inscription to the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University Alumni Association, it was stated: "The unwavering political direction, the hard work style, and flexible strategies and tactics will surely be able to expel Japanese imperialism and establish a free and liberated new China."
As far as the main spirit is concerned, these expositions are not only highly consistent and consistent with the great party-building spirit, but also point out the relationship between giving full play to the exemplary role of vanguard and model figures and carrying forward the spirit of continuous revolution. it points out the importance of doing a good job in this area for winning the victory of the revolution.
Mao Zedong also attached great importance to ideological and political work and ideological education. In "On the Coalition Government", he pointed out: "Mastering ideological education is the central link in uniting the whole Party in the great political struggle. If this task is not solved, all the Party's political tasks cannot be accomplished." With regard to the basic principles of political work, he emphatically pointed out: "this basic principle of political work is to educate the masses on the program of the national democratic revolution, to educate the army in the spirit of the people's revolution, to bring the revolutionary army into line with the revolutionary people and the revolutionary government, to make the revolutionary army completely subordinate to the political leadership of the revolutionary party, to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, and to carry out the work of disintegrating the enemy and friendly forces, to achieve the goal of uniting ourselves, defeating the enemy, liberating the nation, and liberating the people. This is the principle difference between our army and other armies." He also pointed out in particular, "We say that the political work of the revolution led by the Communist Party is the lifeline of the revolutionary army. This is what we mean, the root cause is here".
Here, Mao Zedong pointed out that the main content of political work is to "educate the masses with the program of the national democratic revolution" and "educate the army with the spirit of the people's revolution"; the main purpose of political work is to "achieve the goal of uniting oneself, defeating the enemy, liberating the nation and liberating the people". From these expositions, we can see that the education of revolutionary spirit is the same important content of ideological and political education as the education of revolutionary program.
In his speech at the celebration of the 100 anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Xi Jinping asked the whole party to continue to carry forward the glorious tradition, continue the red blood, and always inherit and carry forward the great party building spirit. Why is spiritual strength so important to the Communist Party of China? It is because the original mission of our Party is related to the future and destiny of the Party, the country, the people and the nation, and the cause that our Party is engaged in is unprecedented, and our Party faces more enemies, dangers and challenges than people can imagine. No other party in the world has encountered so many difficulties and obstacles, experienced so many tests of life and death, and made so many tragic sacrifices like ours. It is precisely because of this that our party has created a special character that attaches great importance to giving full play to people's subjective initiative, giving full play to the law of transformation of material into spirit and spirit into material, and giving full play to the enthusiasm and initiative of the people to create history. The formation of this special character is the result of the nurturing of Mao Zedong Thought. In this sense, "carry forward the glorious tradition and continue the red blood", the most fundamental thing is to always regard Mao Zedong thought as the party's precious spiritual wealth and keep pace with the times, so that the banner of Mao Zedong thought can fly high on the land of China. (The author is the president, researcher, and doctoral supervisor of the Chinese History Society)
 

Source: CPC Central Committee History and Literature Research Institute