Engels' Thought Of Scientific Socialism And Its Contemporary Enlightment

General Secretary Xi Jinping has made a repeated emphasis on the fact that“socialism with Chinese characteristics is scientific socialism,not any kind of others.The principles of scientific socialism cannot be abandoned.” The report of the 19 th National Congress of the C.P.C points out that socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era means “scientific socialism has its vitality in China in the 21 st century,which has lifted the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the world.” What scientific socialism is and how to adhere to it has become a hot topic in the academic field.Engels is an important founder of scientific socialism,and an exquisite study on Engels' thought of scientific socialism contributes to a clear understanding of the theory,which accounts for the subject of this research.This paper mainly adopts the method of literature research and the theoretical analysis.Through an in-depth understanding of Wuperley Valley Letter,Critique of National Economics,The Situation of the British Working Class,Principles of Communism,The Development of Socialism from the fancy to Science,The Criticism of the Erfurt Draft Program and Engels' letters related,the paper makes a bief summarisation on the content and characteristics of Engels' thoughts of scientific socialism,and analyzes and explores the inheritance and development of Engels' scientific socialism through the relevant results in the field at home and abroad.This paper follows the principle of the unity of history and reality,and theory and practice.Engels' thoughts of scientific socialism is not a dogma but a guide to practice.This idea originates from practice and serves as a guide to practice.The paper analyzes the history of Engels' thought of scientific socialism,and explores the enlightenment of Engels' thought of scientific socialism on socialism with Chinese characteristics in thenew era.The paper consists of the introduction,its contents and the conclusion.The introduction is mainly about the background,the value,the literature review,the methods and the ideas of the research.The body is divided into five parts.Firstly,it is about the history of Engels' thought of scientific socialism mainly from the perspective of “social background” and “theoretical basis”.Engels' thought of scientific socialism is a product of the times and an inheritance and a development of the predecessors' thoughts.Secondly,it is about the contents of Engels' thought of scientific socialism,mainly discusses Engels' views on the transition from capitalism to socialism and socialist construction,including the proletarian revolution and the political construction,the socialist economic development,the socialist ideology,the party and its displine,the road to the socialist revolution in the East.Thirdly,it is the principle and characteristics of Engels' thought of scientific socialism.It points out that the thought adheres to the principles of theory and practice,truth and the people-oriented idea,the inheritance and the creativity,and follows the principle of system and openness.The theory also reflects the characteristics of the persistence of communism,the ideal of the scientific analysis from the pointview of the changing times,the critical absorption of theoretical results,and the characteristics of the refinement of the practical experience.Fourthly,it is about the inheritance and development of Engels' thought of scientific socialism after the death of Engels mainly from theory to practice,from one to many countries and from general to characteristics.Fifthly,it is about the contemporary enlightenment of Engels' thought of scientific socialism,which mainly focuses on its theoretical innovation,the practical innovation and the development for the future.The conclusion has reviewed and summarized the whole process of the writing,pointing out that according to the actual situation of the country,we can truly adhere to scientific socialism and develop the scientific socialism.It also puts an emphasis on the viewpoints that Xi Jinping thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era is the latest development of Marxism in China and it is contemporary Marxism,which must be fully implemented and firmly followed in the long term.