author:Zhao Lin
Cultural self-confidence is not only a historical proposition, but also an epochal proposition. At the opening ceremony of the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association, General Secretary Xi Jinping encouraged the majority of literary and art workers to increase their cultural awareness and confidence in their culture, and showcase the new atmosphere of Chinese art and literature. , To create new brilliance of Chinese culture, and to provide a strong value guiding force, cultural cohesion, and spiritual impetus for the realization of the second centenary goal and the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. This fully demonstrates the high degree of cultural awareness and self-confidence of the Chinese Communists in the new era. In the new historical position, the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people have the confidence and confidence to take on the new cultural mission, continue to forge new glories of Chinese culture with firm cultural self-confidence, and make continuous progress towards the goal of building a socialist cultural power.
From a historical perspective, cultural self-confidence stems from profound historical heritage. The tree is a thousand feet tall, and its roots stretch out into fertile soil. The excellent Chinese traditional culture is an important support for strengthening cultural self-confidence. The Chinese civilization, which has been uninterrupted for more than five thousand years, is like a great river rushing to this day, unmatched by any other nation in the world. Liang Qichao said in “On the General Trend of Changes in Chinese Academic Thoughts”: “Westerners call the world civilization five countries: China, India, rest, Egypt, Mexico. But those in the four places, their country will perish, and their Civilization will die with it… and I, the Chinese, stand alone and continue to grow from the ropes to the present day.” In the course of thousands of years of history, the long-standing and unique Chinese culture has given birth to the Chinese nation. Continuous and sustainable development provides a tough spiritual bond. The Book of Songs, Chu Ci, Han Fu, Tang Poems, Song Ci, Yuan Qu, Ming and Qing Novels and other literary classics are vast; Laozi, Confucius, Zhuangzi, Mencius, Qu Yuan, Li Bai, Su Shi, Cao Xueqin and other great figures can be like stars; the unity of nature and man, Taoism is natural, ethics and law are governed by law, continuous self-improvement, reform and innovation, be prepared for danger in times of peace, worry before happiness, ethics, righteousness and shame, and the world is the same with broad and profound ideas. The Communist Party of China, as the loyal inheritor and advocate of Chinese excellent traditional culture, has promoted the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture in the process of integrating the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific reality and Chinese excellent traditional culture. Continue to promote the revolutionary culture and advanced socialist culture formed by the party in the historical process of leading the Chinese revolution, vigorously cultivate and promote the core socialist values, and use the power of Marxist truth to activate the great civilization of the Chinese nation that has been created over thousands of years. , So that Chinese civilization once again burst out with powerful spiritual power.
From a practical perspective, cultural self-confidence stems from a solid foundation in reality. The cultural self-confidence of the Chinese nation is not only a continuation of history, but also a confirmation of reality. “The cultural fate is linked to the national destiny, and the cultural heritage is connected to the national heritage.” Throughout the ages, the prosperity and decline of a country and the continuous inheritance of a nation have always been closely linked with cultural self-confidence. The Chinese nation once created a splendid and splendid ancient civilization, but in modern times, China has gradually become a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The country has been humiliated, the people have been embarrassed, and civilization has been dusted. The Chinese nation has suffered unprecedented calamities. Along with the ups and downs of the nation’s fortunes and the rise and fall of the nation, a cultural crisis was once triggered. “We must admit that we are not as good as people in Pepsi. Not only are we inferior to people in terms of material and machinery, not only is the political system inferior to people, and morality is not as good as people, knowledge is not as good as people, literature is not as good as people, music It’s not as good as people, art is not as good as people, and body is not as good as people.” At the most critical moment of modern China, the Chinese Communist Party, which came into being, established the happiness of the Chinese people and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as its original mission, and rejuvenated China without hesitation. The burden of civilization is on your shoulders. As Mao Zedong pointed out, “Since the Chinese have learned Marxism-Leninism, the Chinese have turned from passive to active in spirit. From this point on, the era in modern world history that looked down on the Chinese and looked down on Chinese culture should It’s over.” From the beginning of the founding of the party, to the world-changing of the founding of New China, to the earth-shaking reform and opening up, to the historic achievements and historic changes in the cause of the party and the country since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese nation ushered in A great leap from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong. The great historical achievements made by the Chinese Communist Party in leading the people in a century of struggle have laid an incomparably solid realistic foundation for strengthening cultural self-confidence. The strong cultural self-confidence constitutes a powerful spiritual driving force for the overall development of China’s economy and society, and inspires tremendous material forces to transform the world. Inspiring people to create great achievements in the construction of material civilization. In the new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, the confidence of cultural self-confidence will inevitably become more and more sufficient.
From the perspective of the world, cultural confidence comes from beneficial Chinese wisdom. “People from afar are not convinced, then they have been revising Wende.” Throughout the ages, the reason why the Chinese nation has gained status and influence in the world has not depended on military militants or external expansion, but on the powerful charisma and attraction of Chinese culture. Liang Shuming’s “The Essentials of Chinese Culture” once summed it up as follows: The influence of Chinese culture radiating from the surroundings is both far-reaching and large. It extends to Siberia in the north, the Nanyang Islands in the south, North Korea and Japan in the east, and west to the west of Congling. They are all within its cultural influence circle; it is farther like Europe, and it traces its origins to modern civilization and is also greatly influenced by China… The so-called rational age of the Enlightenment Age in the 7th and 8th centuries were also inspired by Chinese thought (such as Confucianism) as their spiritual source. A history of Chinese culture is a history of exchanges and mutual learning with its neighbors and civilizations. Major inventions such as papermaking, gunpowder, printing, compasses, and astronomical calendars have been widely used at home and abroad; Western thinkers represented by Leibniz, Voltaire, Quesnay, etc., highly admire the Eastern wisdom that is rich in experience, rationality, and benevolence. . Today, the new era and major changes are surging each other, drawing a magnificent picture of the times. Faced with the reconstruction of the pattern, the reconstruction of order, and the reconstruction of values, Chinese culture once again demonstrated its unique charm of the times. The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Party pointed out that the party’s centuries of struggle have profoundly affected the process of world history. The party has led the people to successfully walk out of the path of Chinese-style modernization, created a new form of human civilization, and expanded the path for developing countries to modernize. “Community with a Shared Future for Mankind”, “One Belt One Road” and other “Chinese solutions” that contain the genes of Chinese excellent traditional culture, attract the attention of the world and international attention, explain the cultural self-confidence of the Chinese Communist Party from a world perspective, and are also the diversity of world civilization. Development provides Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions that can be used for reference.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Culture is the soul of a country and a nation. Culture rejuvenates the country and the nation is strong. Without a high degree of cultural confidence, without cultural prosperity, there would be no great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” On the new journey of the two hundred-year goals, we must not forget the original, absorb the outside world, face the future, explore and interpret the excellent Chinese traditional culture with a more confident attitude and a broader mind, and learn from the achievements of human civilization to better build Chinese spirit, Chinese values, and Chinese power have made cultural prosperity a strong support for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. (Zhao Lin）
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