Research On The History Of China To Accept The Theory Of The Class Struggle During Communist Party Of China’s Founding Period

The theory of class struggle is an important part of the Marxist theory of scientific socialism. The main content of this essay is the History of China to accept the theory of the class struggle during Communist Party of China’s founding period.The first chapter of the article studied the history of China to accept the theory of the class struggle during Communist Party of China’s founding period. It’s the core content of the essay.In early 20 th century, members of Tung Meng Hui,such as Ma Junwu,Song jiaoren and Zhu Zhixin Firstly accept the theory of class struggle,by reading on Japanese communist writings. However, without the class struggle theory into practice, members of Tung Meng Hui and other non-Marxist’s study of the theory of the class struggle is not complete. Before the foundation of Communist Party of China, Early Chinese Communists Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu began to accept the theory of class struggle. With the success of The October revolution in Russia, Marxism and the class struggle theory began to be concerned about Chinese intellectuals. A large number of Marxism’s writings have been translated into Chinese. Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu and others Accepted and began to systematically introduce Marxist theory of class and class struggle, opening a door for propagating theory of class struggle in China.The May 4th Movement was the beginning of the new democratic revolution when Chinese working class for the first time stepped on stage of history. The revolution let people see that the class struggle in China can be practical. Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu began an organized presentation and promotion of Marxism, Marxism expanded audience. Class struggle in China began combining theory and practice. By Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu and other early revolutionaries’ introducing of theory of class struggle, Mao Zedong,Qu Qiubai, Cai Hesen and other Marxist began to accept the theory of class struggle, accumulating a theoretical basis for the founding of the Communist Party of China. After founding, the Communist Party of China has developed the party’s goals and program of the democratic revolution, and eventually developed a revolutionary united front policy on The third National Congress of the party. The theory of class struggle was put into practice. Meanwhile, the working class accepted the theory of class struggle by Communist Party of China’s introduction. Chinese working class began to awaken, the climax of the workers’ movement appeared for the first time in China’s modern history.Not all intellectuals accepted the theory of class struggle. The reformists represented by Hu Shi who advocated reformism were opposed to class struggle. Liang Qichao, Zhang Dongsun and other guild socialists thought that social situation in China is not suitable for class struggle. They preferred entering socialism peacefully. Huang Lingshuang, Ou shengbai and other anarchists were also opposed to class struggle for they stood for absolute freedom of the individual.The second chapter analyzes the reason why Chinese people accepted the theory of class struggle. When Chinese people accepted the theory of class struggle, it was when China old democratic revolution failed, making Chinese people doubly oppressed by international imperialism and domestic feudalism. Chinese intellectuals tried to find a new way to overthrow imperialism and oppression of feudal warlords, achieving the goal of national independence and fuguoqiangbing。The theory of class struggle met Chinese social horizon of expectation in harmony. Meanwhile, the modern Chinese national salvation attempt repeated setbacks, leading Chinese intellectuals to learn more from Western countries. The Enlightenment not only impacted the Chinese traditional culture, but also impacted "Harmony theory" in the Confucian tradition of thinking, laying the foundation of struggle thinking. China’s advanced intellectuals launched the New Culture Movement, promote democracy and science, with the bourgeois culture, new ideas, new concepts replacing feudalism old culture, old ethics, old ideas. As the development of modern western culture, Marxism and its theory of class struggle became acceptable for Chinese intellectuals. In the early 20 th century, Chinese workers began to have independent class consciousness. In the May Fourth Movement, the Chinese working class began to show a strong class power. They showed their need for advanced theory in the workers’ movement. This laid a practical foundation for the theory of class struggle to be further accepted.The third chapter of the article studies the impact of class struggle theory on China. In the practice of class struggle after the founding of the Communist Party of China, CPC used the class struggle to integrate social resources to win the victory of the revolution, it finally completed the task of the new democratic revolution by establishing a new China. Meanwhile, the practice of class struggle impacted the social model of traditional Chinese society. Social patterns established by kinship and the patriarchal system collapsed, replaced by the antagonistic relationship of the exploiting class and the exploited class. CPC’s series of integration increased the operational efficiency of society and liberated people’s minds. However, successful and time-tested using of the theory of class struggle also led the Chinese Communist Party to have a fanatical worship and dependence on it, as if the theory could solve all problems. When the CPC was founded, people over-comprehended the theory which in turn deepened worship and dependence。After the founding of new China, we still did not give up the practice of class struggle theory, turning class struggle into a national catastrophe.