A Study Of Xi Jinping’s Important Discourses On The Concept Of History

History is an important basis for the continuity of the development of a country and a nation;History encapsulates all theoretical and practical activities of human beings,which provides laws to guide and directions to lead the present and the future development.Xi Jinping(president of the PRC)attaches importance to history,calling on the whole Party and the whole nation to study Chinese history,world history and human history,and has launched a series of activities to study history within the Party,and delivered important speeches on several occasions,thus forming Xi Jinping’s view of history.Xi Jinping’s important discourses on the view of history contain many views and perspectives on fundamental issues of history,and are a direct external expression of Xi’s view of history.Xi Jinping’s important remarks on the view of history are the product of the inheritance and innovation of the view of history embedded in the excellent Chinese traditional culture,the view of history of classic Marxist writers and the view of history of successive generations of Party leaders.On the one hand,the Chinese people attach importance on history,following the principle of recording history with a straight brush and emphasizing that history is recorded in order to learn from it,and on the other hand,they also advocate history education and people-based education;classical Marxist writers respect the objectivity of history,evaluate historical figures objectively,and advocate the critical inheritance of historical and cultural heritage and the learning from the past;Successive generations of Party leaders attach importance on summarizing history,studying history.The leaders of the Party have attached importance on summing up,studying and researching history,seeing the continuity of history and emphasizing the use of the past for the present.All three historical perspectives provided the theoretical sources for the formation of Xi Jinping’s important discourse on the historical perspective.Xi Jinping’s important statements on the historical perspectives are also the product of a combination of the conditions of the times and personal conditions.New changes and issues in the current international,domestic and Party situation have constantly injected new content into Xi Jinping’s historical outlook;His “red” family atmosphere,good reading habits and solid grassroots experience have helped Xi Jinping cultivate his love for the Party and the people,and accumulated a wealth of theoretical and practical knowledge.Xi Jinping’s important discourse on the view of history is rich in content and profound in connotation.Its main contents are the following four aspects: First,the discourse on the function of history.Xi Jinping proposes that history is the best textbook,history is the best sobering agent,history is the best nutrient,and history is the best teacher.Learning history is to move forward better.The second is the discourse on the subject of history.History is the result of the activities of countless individuals,and the people are the subjects of history.Xi Jinping believes that people are the subjects of historical creation,people are the subjects of history evaluation,and people are the subjects that enjoy the fruits of historical progress.Thirdly,there is the discourse on the study of history.Xi emphasizes the status and function of historical research from the question of why it is necessary to study history,clarifies the object of historical research from the question of what it is to be studied,and clarifies the methods of historical research from the question of how it is to be studied.The fourth is the discourse on historical evaluation.History is carried out by those who came before us and evaluated by those who come after us.Adhering to the basic principles and methods of Marxism,Xi Jinping has correctly evaluated and viewed historical figures,historical events,traditional culture as well as historical processes.Xi’s important discourse on the view of history focuses on the organic unity of materialism and dialectics in the view of history,the organic unity of reason and people’s role in the view of history,the organic unity of length and width in the perspective of the view of history,and the organic unity of multidimensional and fundamental perspectives in the view of history,displaying distinctive personal characteristics.Xi Jinping’s important discussion on the view of history enriches and expands the Marxist view of history in the visions of the function of history,historical subjects,historical research and historical evaluation and reveals the nature,purpose and hazards of historical nihilism and proposes countermeasures to resist it;It elaborates on the connotation of the correct view of history,the reasons for its establishment and measures,and provides a clear method for establishing a correct view of history.It is of profound theoretical and practical significance.