Research On Zhou Enlai’s Thought Of Youth Ideological And Political Education

Zhou Enlai was a famous Marxist theorist in China as well as an important organizer and leader of Chinese youth work.In the era of revolution and construction,the youth group was always the object of Zhou Enlai’s attention and cultivation.He put forward a series of important discussions on the characteristics and mission of the youth,the education and cultivation of the youth,the work and study of the youth,and formed the unique ideological and political education thought of Zhou Enlai the youth.It provided value guidance and practical guidance for the Chinese youth to take up the historical burden of national salvation and the historical mission of national rejuvenation and founding,and also contributed valuable ideological resources for today’s youth education cause.This paper takes the formation,development,main contents,distinctive features and contemporary enlightenment of Zhou Enlai’s ideological and political education of young people as the research content,and makes a comprehensive review and summary of it,so as to explore the deep connotation and referable value of Zhou Enlai’s ideological and political education of young people.This paper is divided into four parts to discuss.The first part is the formation and development of Zhou Enlai’s youth ideological and political education.At the same time,this thought also comes from Zhou Enlai’s a series of practical activities on youth work,such as establishing organizations,writing articles in periodicals,organizing youth,carrying out campaigns,inspecting and visiting young people,and so on.Finally,the formation of this scientific thought system also has a specific development vein and formation logic.Through the systematic study of his manuscripts,collections and other historical materials,we can find out the formation process of this ideological system from three stages:germination,development and maturity.The second part,Zhou Enlai youth ideological and political education thought of the main content.Zhou Enlai put forward a series of far-sighted and important discussions on the status,growth and cultivation of young people,forming a complete ideological system including the status theory,content theory and methodology of ideological and political education of young people.He believed that "youth is the master of the future of the world","the life of a wife to study,but the greatest period of youth",therefore,we must "do the students’ ideological reform",this is the "why reform" problem.As for "what to reform",Zhou Enlai believed that it should be systematically carried out from five aspects: Marxist world outlook,political stance and class viewpoint,ideal and determination,labor concept and fighting spirit,collectivism,and detailed and comprehensive.In terms of "How to reform",Zhou Enlai put forward eight important methods according to his years of political work experience.After condensing and integrating them,we elaborate them as the combination of theoretical education and practical exercise to transform ideas into ideals and beliefs.The combination of typical demonstration and self-education changes external heteronomy into internal self-discipline;Moving to honesty and sense of the combination of feelings,worry worry for practical rest assured;Patience to persuade and tolerance to wait,become a combination of doubt to believe.The third part,Zhou Enlai youth ideological and political education thought of the distinctive characteristics.Zhou Enlai’s youth ideological and political education has been endowed with unique and distinctive characteristics thanks to his distinctive goal orientation,problem orientation and effect orientation.Zhou Enlai paid special attention to the "seven pairs of relations" in the process of young people’s growth and development,the "one pair of primary and secondary" and "one pair of slow and urgent" in the ideological and political work of young people,and put forward the requirements of "balanced development in all aspects of morality,intelligence,physical and beauty",which shows that his theoretical views are rich in dialectical color.Zhou Enlai also elevated the specific problem,local problem and current problem of the ideological and political work of the youth to the principle problem of the political problem,placed it in the overall pattern of national education and focused on the long-term plan of cultivating people for a hundred years to study,which is the reflection of the profound strategic thinking contained in his theoretical system.At the same time,Zhou Enlai also talked about the status of youth based on the practical needs of the party and the country in the era of revolution and construction,and talked about youth education based on the ideological reality and the law of acceptance,which fully demonstrated the distinct pragmatic character of the theoretical system.The fourth part,Zhou Enlai youth ideological and political education thought of the contemporary enlightenment.Zhou Enlai’s ideology of youth ideological and political education is not only a scientific and rigorous ideological system,but also a practical system of seeking truth and pragmatism.Therefore,it must be implemented into the educational practice of youth work to guide the development of practice in order to maximize its theoretical effect.To be more specific,it is important to use strategic thinking to grasp the role of young people as a fresh force in advancing the cause of the people,as pioneers in innovation and development,and as communicators in promoting exchanges and mutual learning among human civilizations,so as to position young people in a higher perspective.It is also necessary to systematically improve youth work by scientific thinking from three aspects: enriching educational content,adhering to educational principles and improving educational methods,so as to educate youth in a more scientific way.Finally,the Party,the Communist Youth League and the strength of multiple education subjects in colleges and universities should be brought into play with the overall thinking to ensure the growth of young people,so as to cultivate young people in more diverse subjects.