When the Chinese nation is on the road to rejuvenation, looking back on the five thousand years that our nation has gone through and looking forward to a brighter future in China, we feel more deeply the great power of China spirit, which is a powerful driving force for the development and rejuvenation of our nation.
Without such a strong driving force, the Chinese nation could not have lived endlessly in the past five thousand years. As one of the main cradles of human civilization, it has created a splendid Chinese civilization. Without this powerful driving force, the Chinese nation could not prosper in the process of development, could not integrate many ethnic groups, and could not form and maintain the trend of unity and unity. This trend has been going on for thousands of years. Without this powerful driving force, it is impossible for the Chinese nation to set off a wave of reform and opening up, blaze new trails, keep pace with the times and open up a new era of national rejuvenation in the late 20th century, when globalization is developing rapidly and the pressure is increasing day by day, and the survival and destiny of the nation are facing challenges again.
China spirit is the soul and backbone of the Chinese nation, and it is the fusion of the traditional spirit of the Chinese nation and the spirit of the times. Including self-improvement, kindness, diligence, exploration, innovation, patriotism, honesty, revolution, reform and opening up. To further build and carry forward the spirit of China is the need to promote China's modernization and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
China spirit is the combination of national traditional spirit and the spirit of the times.
The ancient and modern integration of China spirit is the integration of national traditional spirit and the spirit of the times. As mentioned above, the development history of the Chinese nation from ancient times to the present has proved its great vitality. The spirit of self-improvement is an enterprising spirit and a fighting spirit with strong tension. Ancient philosophers in China put forward the idea that "a gentleman strives for self-improvement" by observing the changes of the universe. Self-improvement includes national self-improvement and individual self-improvement. It is the true spirit of the Chinese nation not to be afraid of difficulties and hardships and not to yield to any oppressor. A history of the development of the Chinese nation is a history of continuous self-improvement, struggle against the living environment and internal and external evil forces. Self-improvement not only refers to the struggle in normal environment and prosperity, but also refers to the struggle in difficulties and adversity. Heroes of past dynasties pursued the strong passion of "being born as a hero and dying as a ghost hero", and practiced the perseverance spirit of "thinking about change if you are poor, not falling into the sky" and "thinking about change if you are poor, and helping the world". Throughout the ages, there are countless examples of struggling in adversity. King Wen was arrested and played Zhouyi; Zhong You wrote Spring and Autumn Annals; Qu Yuan's exile is a tribute to Li Sao. Zuo Qiu is blind and has "Mandarin"; Sun Tzu's foot is cruel, and Sun Tzu's art of war is revised; It's not Shu, but Lu Lan. Han Fei imprisoned Qin, expressing embarrassment, loneliness and anger. Sima Qian was humiliated by corruption, but he was still angry and wrote history books, which was the first in biographical history books. Gou Jian, the King of Yue, lived together for ten years, learned from the scriptures for ten years, and finally achieved great things. Its spirit is a model for future generations.
The spirit of benevolence has a long history, and it is the criterion for our people to live in harmony. For thousands of years, through the tempering of generations of philosophers and sages, the idea of benevolence has been sublimated and condensed, which has become the benchmark and yardstick for the Chinese nation to build a moral building and has been widely recognized by the people. The spiritual connotation of benevolence is very rich. In the Book of Changes, the virtue of a gentleman is emphasized by "the terrain is rich and the gentleman carries things with virtue", that is, the spirit of "benevolence" is emphasized. It is said in Shangshu that "tolerance is the greatest", which also reflects the spirit of kindness and tolerance. What is "benevolence"? "Benevolence" means loving, being friendly and following blindly. Ask Ren. Confucius said, "Love". Zhang Ziwen is a native. Confucius said, "It is a benevolent person to be able to do five things for the world.". When asked, say "fairness, tolerance, trust, people and benefit". The basic principle and method of benevolence is "loyalty and forgiveness", so as to achieve "if you want to establish yourself, you will become yourself" and "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you". The spirit of benevolence advocated by Mozi reached the extreme. Mohism advocates "universal love" and the harmonious realm of "all people in the world love each other", that is, "the strong are not weak, many are many, the rich do not bully the poor, the expensive are not arrogant, and the deceivers do not deceive fools". Mencius took compassion, shame, resignation and right and wrong as the purpose of benevolence, courtesy and wisdom, which was a more profound exposition of the spirit of benevolence. In a word, the spirit of benevolence covers ten aspects: courtesy, tolerance, faith, sensitivity, benefit, wisdom, courage, loyalty, forgiveness and filial piety. This spirit of kindness has nurtured generations of Chinese sons and daughters, and has been carried forward continuously.
Diligence is a great force for our nation to settle down, create wealth and explore the unknown. Diligence is one of the virtues that our country always attaches importance to. According to the tradition of our nation, diligence includes diligence in study, thinking, exploration and work. Never put down your books and work tirelessly, which is called diligence; It is diligent to eat and wear warm clothes and make great efforts to govern; Very hard, very hard. Diligence includes two interdependent factors: diligence and hard work. You can be diligent if you are willing to work hard, and you can't do anything without diligence. "erudite and determined, good at asking questions and thinking." Diligence is good at diligence, but not good at playing. "There is a road in Lushan, and there is no limit to learning the sea." These ancient proverbs, which are widely circulated, embody the spirit of diligence advocated by our nation. Since ancient times, people have established their studies, made their statements, established their careers with diligence. Hanging beams and stabbing stocks, reeds weaving into three unique skills, fools moving mountains, etc. are all household anecdotes and legends. It is this diligent spirit that inspires our nation to struggle from generation to generation.
The spirit of exploration is a powerful propeller for the development and prosperity of Chinese civilization. Philosophers and wise men in China have regarded exploring the unknown world as an important purpose of their lives. This kind of exploration points to the laws and values of the universe, that is, grasping the essence and laws of objective things, understanding the value of life, and emphasizing the pursuit of truth and value through understanding things. It is considered as the starting point of self-cultivation and governing the country. Therefore, this kind of exploration is endowed with lofty significance. Therefore, Confucius "heard the Tao early and died late"; Qu Yuan is not afraid of "a long way to go, but a" top-down pursuit ",though he died without regret. In addition, this kind of exploration is not only about "understanding the changes of ancient and modern times while studying heaven and man", but also about natural science and literature and art. Therefore, in the history of China, not only ideological and political research is rich, profound and diverse, but also thinkers, philosophers and politicians have emerged, and many outstanding achievements have been made in natural science, leading the coquettish world for thousands of years. The fruitful achievements in culture and art are unique and colorful, and they are the treasures of world civilization.
The spirit of innovation is a great driving force for the continuous development of Chinese civilization. The Chinese nation is full of wisdom and creativity. The development of Chinese civilization is accompanied by China's innovations in politics, economy, culture, science and technology in the past five thousand years. Taking science and technology as an example, Robert Temple, a British scholar, pointed out in his book China, a country of discovery and invention under the guidance of Dr. Needham, a world-famous authority on the history of science and technology in China, that more than half of the basic inventions in the contemporary world may come from ancient China civilization. He listed China's 100 "No.1 in the world". Except for the "Four Great Inventions", almost all of them originated from China's inventions in modern agriculture, modern shipping, modern petroleum industry, modern meteorological observation, poisonous gas, guns, parachutes, manned flight, brandy, whisky, steam engine and so on. According to Dr. Needham, "From the 3rd century A.D. to the 3rd century A.D.13rd century, China maintained a level that the West could not reach". The innovative ability of the Chinese nation is universally recognized. Only in modern times, due to the rigidity of feudal system and the resulting weakness of the country, such innovative spirit was bound and suppressed. The establishment of New China has opened up a world for the development of our national innovative spirit, but the long-term mistakes in the left-leaning guiding ideology have weakened the great potential of this development to a certain extent. Reform and opening up have brought about great emancipation of the mind and productivity, and it is a beautiful spring for China people to give full play to their intelligence and creativity. In the past 22 years, China's innovation and development in ideological theory, science and technology, economic construction and other aspects are like lava eruption, which is unstoppable and has achieved epoch-making brilliant achievements, once again proving to the world the great creativity and innovation of the Chinese nation.
The noble spirit is a noble spirit between heaven and earth. Qi is righteousness and backbone; Festival, for righteousness, moral integrity. China's traditional spirit holds that human life contains value factors and is the carrier of life value. Life is precious only if it carries morality. Therefore, people with lofty ideals throughout the ages are based on honesty. Wang Fuzhi put forward: "Life carries righteousness, and life is precious"; "Life depends on righteousness, life can be abandoned" is the condensation of this spirit. Mencius' famous saying, "Wealth cannot be lewd, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be bent", has become a classic yardstick of China people's honesty. Wen Tianxiang used his life to practice his eternal swan song, "Who will never die in life since ancient times, and keep the pure heart shining in history", and set up a monument to the spirit of honesty. Over the past five thousand years, many people with lofty ideals have emerged throughout the ages. They are either upright and honest, remain uncorrupted, and devote themselves to the people, or upright and upright, risking their lives to plead for their country, or being loyal to their country, or fighting bloody battles, or not afraid of danger and giving their lives for justice. Their lofty integrity shines brightly in history and shines for generations. It is this spirit of the Chinese soul that has pushed the Chinese nation to overcome all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, across the long river of history and come to today.
Patriotism is an excellent tradition of our nation. The Chinese nation has a history of 5,000 years, with ups and downs. It has developed and grown up in the process of continuous integration of multi-nationalities. Patriotism is the inexhaustible source of national cohesion and centripetal force, and it is the eternal power to safeguard and defend the national interests. The national interest is above everything else, the honor of the motherland is above everything else, and patriotism means defending the country. For thousands of years, the good deeds and virtues of countless patriots have been widely praised by the people. Jia Yi's "country forgets home, public forgets private"; Zhuge Liang "died with all his heart"; Fan Zhongyan's "worry about the world first, joy after the world"; Gu's "Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world"; Yue Fei said, "Why can't you do something for your country?" Lu You has a humble position and dare not forget the worries of the country. Lin Zexu said, "If you are greedy for national life and death, why not avoid it in every cloud has a silver lining"; Qiu Jin: "He didn't care about success or failure in his early years, but he served the motherland with his blood." . Sun Yat-sen was the first to put forward the idea of "rejuvenating China", and with ardent patriotic passion, "saved the people of Sri Lanka from fire and water and helped the building collapse". Deng Gongnian, 74, was full of courage and shocked the unprecedented tide of reform. It took him 20 years to build a prosperous China precisely because he said, "I am the son of the people of China, and I deeply love my motherland and people." This patriotic spirit has been handed down from generation to generation, and the Chinese nation is deeply rooted and can withstand any storms.
The revolutionary spirit is our nation's sword to resist the external strength and the internal weakness. The Chinese nation is rich in revolutionary traditions. In pursuit of freedom and happiness, brightness and progress, national independence and people's liberation, the people of China dare to struggle, never fear and never give in. In ancient and medieval times, peasant uprisings against oppression again and again dealt a heavy blow to rulers, forcing them to make concessions in adjusting policies or leading to regime change, which promoted social development.
The spirit of reform has a long tradition in China. The Book of Changes says, "If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will pass, and the general rules will last for a long time." China's outstanding politicians and thinkers in past dynasties are all opposed to sticking to the rules. In order to promote the development and progress of society and the prosperity of the country, there have been many reformers since ancient times. They work hard, are not afraid of difficulties, and push for reform regardless of their lives. During the Warring States Period, Shang Yang reformed. Shang Yang advocated that "it is not necessary to learn from the past, benefit the people and not obey their rituals". Han Feizi's thought of advocating change. He believes that "the world must change"; "It is rare for a saint to repair the ancient times without a period. Discuss things in the world, so be prepared. " During the Western Han Dynasty, there was Chao Cuo's political reform. There was Wang Anshi's political reform in the Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Anshi believes that "the weather is not enough to fear, the ancestors are not enough, and the people are not enough." In the Ming dynasty, there was Zhang's reform. The modern "Reform Movement of 1898" is more familiar to the world. They either advocated reforming land ownership, abolishing hereditary privileges and consolidating feudal rule; Or put forward suggestions to cut Buddhism and strengthen centralization; Or reform the tax system to ease social contradictions; Or reform makes strong soldiers rich. Regardless of success or failure, their efforts conform to the historical trend and embody the spirit of the times. Their thoughts or ideas were realized in different degrees at that time or later generations, and had a far-reaching impact on later generations, thus promoting the social development of China. The reform of contemporary China with the establishment of the socialist market economic system as the overall goal is a great pioneering work with unprecedented scale and depth in China. In just over 20 years, China has taken on a new look and embarked on the road to prosperity. The spirit of reform has never been so deeply rooted in people's hearts, and it has shown such great vitality in China.
In China, the spirit of openness has gone through the development process from attaching importance to political exchanges to opening up with the purpose of limited introduction of western learning, and then to opening up in an all-round way. The open thought of "harmony between countries" put forward in Shangshu points to the coordination of relations between countries and the integration with the outside world. Confucius' "If people stay away from you, cultivate their morality" is also a kind of political communication. Mozi put forward "universal love" and "non-aggression" and advocated peaceful means to solve contradictions and conflicts between countries. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, due to the prosperity of China, the rulers claimed to be the central dynasty, so their diplomatic strategies often had the meaning of overlooking the world. For example, in the early Han Dynasty, Lu Jia put forward "broadness, broadness, closeness, and eclecticism" as the diplomatic guiding ideology of the Han Dynasty. In addition, China has long been a world leader in economy, science and technology, which makes it difficult for China to realize the significance of learning from foreign countries and conducting economic exchanges with them. "Although the formation of the Silk Road is of great economic and cultural significance to the exchanges between China and the West, its impact on the historical development of China's foreign exchanges is only partial and phased. Zheng He's seven voyages to the Western Ocean in the Ming Dynasty were aimed at proclaiming national prestige. Only in modern times, relying on powerful boats and guns, China people began to realize their backwardness under the pressure of bullying. Therefore, Feng Guifen put forward "learning from foreigners and constantly striving for self-improvement", "taking Chinese ethics as the original, supplemented by the skills of enriching Qiang Bing"; Wei Yuan proposed to open his eyes to the world and "learn from foreigners to control them". Then there is the advocacy of "Chinese style and western use" and the prosperity of Westernization Movement. China's open consciousness, which aims at accepting advanced western science, technology and academic thoughts, has gradually awakened. Since the late 1970s, the economic globalization has promoted and changed the urgency of China's slow economic development, making opening to the outside world a basic national policy of China. The "Three Benefits" standard put forward by Deng Xiaoping in the spirit of seeking truth from facts has further promoted China's all-round opening up. In the new historical period, the spirit of openness has injected great vitality into China's economic and social development and brought about historic changes.
To promote the great cause of national rejuvenation, we must further carry forward the spirit of China.
More than 20 years of reform and opening up have created a miracle of development in China, a country with a vast territory and a large population, and opened a new era of national rejuvenation in China. We are proud of our achievements, but we must also be soberly aware that the problems in development cannot be ignored and there is still a long way to go. In the process of comprehensively promoting the modernization of China and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we can't ignore the construction and development of national spirit. Therefore, we should not only fully promote "rejuvenating the country through science and education" and promote the development of social economy and science and technology, but also vigorously carry forward the spirit of China. We should give full attention to carrying forward the spirit of China as a national policy as important as rejuvenating the country through science and education.
To speed up the modernization of China and promote the great cause of national rejuvenation, we need to further stimulate the spirit of self-improvement. As mentioned above, the spirit of self-improvement is embodied in both the country and the individual. As the former, it is the self-improvement of the country. On the one hand, of course, China should adhere to independent development and constantly enhance the country's economic strength, national defense strength and comprehensive national strength. The people of China will never forget the humiliating history of half a century ago. China insists on all-round opening to the outside world, but it will never rely on others, nor will it be subject to anyone. On the other hand, every Chinese son and daughter should maintain the spirit of national self-esteem, self-confidence and self-improvement; Be proud to be a China person; We firmly believe that the Chinese nation has as much creativity and vitality as any other nation, and can and will be able to strut at the forefront of world development in the past; Contribute to the development of the country and the nation with confidence. As the latter, it is the foundation of national self-improvement that everyone inspires the spirit of self-improvement. Everyone in China should work hard. People have different abilities, different endowments and different opportunities. But as long as we can inspire the spirit of self-improvement, we can maximize our creativity in our respective posts and fully release the energy of life, so as to realize the value of life in different life trajectories and make contributions to society. The more China people work hard in this spirit, the more energetic China will be and the more successful the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will be.
To further purify folk customs and maintain a good social atmosphere, we need to vigorously advocate the spirit of benevolence. Benevolence can improve people's mental health, coordinate interpersonal relationships, guide and lubricate the healthy operation of the whole social body, and promote national cohesion centripetally. For example, advocating and promoting the spirit of benevolence is conducive to reducing and resolving contradictions among the people and reducing or resolving the negative factors that people may encounter when dealing with various relationships in social life. These relationships include parents and children, husband and wife, relatives and friends, neighbors and neighbors, teachers and students, colleagues, superiors and subordinates, peers and compatriots. Advocating and carrying forward the spirit of benevolence is also conducive to reducing the probability of some people in society having criminal psychology, making up for the imperfection of legal mechanism to a certain extent and promoting social stability. Therefore, in order to promote the development of the great cause of national rejuvenation, it is necessary to advocate and carry forward the spirit of benevolence from the aspects of folk customs, social stability and national prosperity.
Carrying forward the spirit of hard work is the need to speed up modernization. In the century and a half since the Opium War, China has lost too much time and opportunities. Now, we finally have a peaceful development environment and effective development strategies and policies. The success of the past 22 years has laid a solid foundation for future development. At this time, we especially need to work hard with a down-to-earth spirit and a spirit of seizing every minute. No empty talk, no big talk. Only in this way can we gradually narrow the gap with developed countries.
The reform era calls for further stimulating the spirit of exploration. Continue to promote reform and opening up will encounter many uncertain and unknown factors; We still need to make great efforts to catch up with developed countries in science and technology; Promoting modernization in China, a big country with a long history of civilization, a large population and a vast territory, is an unprecedented undertaking in the world, and it will also face various difficulties and challenges. All these require unremitting exploration. Exploration is the premise of innovation. Without the spirit of exploration, there can be no conditions and opportunities for innovation. The 22-year reform history proves that every successful reform and development in various fields in China has been gradually realized through exploration and experiment. So is the development of science and technology. Therefore, we must carry forward the spirit of the times, be determined to explore and keep forging ahead.
Stimulating the spirit of innovation is a natural need in the era of reform and opening up. On the other hand, with the rapid development of economic globalization, knowledge economy and information age come together, which is a new challenge and opportunity. In this context, it is of great significance to further stimulate the spirit of innovation. China is still a developing country, and it needs to enhance its innovation ability if it wants to quickly approach the forefront of the world in more aspects and continue to promote the steady and high-speed development of the national economy. Only by constantly carrying out theoretical innovation, institutional innovation and scientific and technological innovation can China maintain its strong sustainable development ability under the new historical conditions.
Carrying forward the spirit of patriotism is the need to further strengthen national cohesion, inspire people, promote national rejuvenation and complete the great cause of national reunification. Patriotism is feelings and loyalty to the motherland and people who raised themselves. Such patriotic feelings and loyalty are the source of strength to share worries and serve the motherland. To carry forward the spirit of patriotism is to further enhance national pride and self-confidence and enhance the sense of mission and fighting spirit of rejuvenating China.
It is natural to hold high the banner of the spirit of reform in order to continue to develop the great cause of reform, which is the key to whether the great cause of our national rejuvenation can continue to advance. Contemporary China society broke away from the feudal society that lasted for thousands of years in less than a hundred years, and gradually got rid of the shackles of a highly centralized planned economic system for more than twenty years. We need to further emancipate and develop productive forces through reform. In all fields of economy, politics, culture and society, the aspects that have begun to reform need to be deepened, and it is necessary to constantly sum up experience, improve and perfect the policies or measures that have been introduced, and finally establish them in the form of regulations or laws. To achieve this goal, we need to do a lot of hard and complicated work. In addition, there are still many aspects that need to be reformed but have not yet begun. This is another important moment for the future. Carrying forward the spirit of 22 years of successful reform, going forward bravely and unswervingly deepening and accelerating reform is the only way for us to move towards a better future. This should be an indisputable conclusion.
Persisting in opening to the outside world is one of the important conditions for the successful development of China. Under the new historical conditions, we are more deeply aware that any system can develop and grow healthily only by constantly exchanging energy, materials and information with the outside world in an open environment. On the contrary, a closed system can only gradually decline. The precious experience in the past 20 years of reform and opening-up tells us that it is the all-round opening-up that has enabled China to continuously attract or absorb information, technology, capital and intelligence from the outside world, which has comprehensively promoted the economic and technological development of China in an unprecedented breadth and depth, thus enabling China to have a strong momentum of prosperity and sustainable development today. This has made the people of China more deeply aware than ever of the inevitability of opening to the outside world as a prerequisite for promoting national economic development. Therefore, there is no doubt that to further promote the great cause of national rejuvenation, we must adhere to the spirit of openness.
In a word, we have every reason to believe that further building and carrying forward our national spirit, China Spirit, is conducive to inspiring people's morale, enhancing national cohesion, promoting the construction of our national moral value system and improving moral level, and stimulating enterprising spirit and national innovation spirit, which is the need to promote China's modernization and national rejuvenation. Therefore, it is necessary to further carry forward and cultivate the spirit of China as a national policy as important as rejuvenating the country through science and education. The great power of China spirit has created the splendid civilization of the Chinese nation for 5,000 years, and the spirit of China will inspire us to forge ahead and accomplish the great cause of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.