On The Integration Of Chinese Traditional Culture And Ideological And Political Work

Culture, as an internal blood stream for any ethnic group, is the spiritual realm for any people in the world. The ups and downs of Chinese culture play an indispensable part in the historical progression of Chinese nationality. The party’s ideological and political work is a natural outcome of cultural revival in terms of formation and a reflection of conscious culture in essence. During the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the party’s ideological and political work continues to face arduous tasks: on one hand, it is imperative that we should maintain and confirm the guiding position of the Marx doctrine; on the other hand, we should also keep on consolidating and strengthening the value foundation of Chinese traditional culture. In the process,traditional culture works in close collaboration with party’s ideological and political work. The moral quality in traditional culture serves as a compatible link with the cultural property in ideological and political work. In essence, the relationship manifests itself in the inheritance and application of traditional culture and it has its deeper meaning displayed in the rational explanation of main body aspect, humanitarian construction of target aspect, benign interaction of orientation aspect, implicit permeation of manner aspect and innovative creation of environmental aspect.The magic connection between the two factors has its root in the broad and profound extension of traditional culture with rich resources in ideological and political work. From the perspective of objective of ideological and political work, traditional cultural resources are reflected in terms of state of character, social ideal, harmonious atmosphere and pursuit of fame and fortune. From the perspective of content of ideological and political work, traditional cultural resources are reflected in terms of notion of heaven and man, view of knowledge and practice, concept of etiquette and manners and idea of ethics and morals. From the perspective of principles of ideological and political work, traditional cultural resources are reflected in terms of swimming with the tide, teaching students as individuals, prohibiting through prevention and advancing gradually in due order. From the perspective of manners of ideological and political work, traditional cultural resources are reflected in terms of instilling classics,shaping and molding by environment, demonstrating with typical examples and self cultivation. All these traditional cultural resources provide an immense catalyst to carryout ideological and political work and have smoothly and secretly merged into its theory and practice.The merger process between Chinese traditional culture and ideological and political work is intricately interwoven with the success or failure of cause of the party.After Marxism was introduced to China, its 100-year development has undergone the following five stages, each with a time period of 20 years. Starting in 1917, the first stage sets out a tentative probe on the way to revolution with the emphasis on understanding national conditions. The second stage begins in 1937 and is the maturing stage of revolution theory. It lays a solid foundation for the merging with a major theme on achieving democracy. The third stage, from 1957 on, is the retrospective period of construction road, characterized by exploring dreams and goals. The fourth stage takes off from 1977 and is experimenting the way to reform with the theme on the pursuit of wealth. The last stage is launched in 1997 and as a deepening period of the reform road,it puts its emphasis on building harmony in society. During every stage, the establishment and transmission of party’s guiding principles have been affected by traditional culture and based on this fact, Chinese traditional culture and party’s ideological and political work interact in a reciprocal manner.The joining process between traditional culture and ideological and political work must stick to correct principles and abide by correct regulations. This rule summarizes historical experiences, resonates with practical problems and predicts future tendency.First of all, we need to maintain rational attitudes and scientific methods such as treating Marxism as branch and ancient philosophy as root, seeing both merits and shortcomings and inheriting them critically, adapting ancient forms for present-day use and bringing forth new art by weeding through the old, etc. Secondly, we must carry forward the national spirits such as an unyielding enterprising spirit, unceasing spirit of generosity and benevolence, materialistic spirit of imitation of nature, dedication spirit of kindness,spirit of solidarity and harmony and spirit of humanistic pragmatism, as well as traditional virtues such as obedience, faithfulness, honesty, modesty, diligence and frugality. Thirdly, we must ride out the negative influence from different aspects of feudalism, including obsession with privileges, patriarchal system, superstition, the mentality of small-farm agriculture, etc. Fourthly, we must construct a multidimensional and interactive mechanism by adhering to the principles of leading by party, supportingby intellects, directing by artists, publicizing by media, urging by the public so as to bring into full play the initiative, wisdom and power of the masses. Finally, we must have a clear conscious of the domestic and international situations for deepening the connection, in which the party’s policy, such as building harmonious society, promoting peaceful reunification and advocating diplomatic cooperation, serves as opportunities while social confusion, such as negative feedback from a marketing economy, foreign impact from an open environment and information technology age, poses a challenges.The new millennium marks a new beginning for us. We must take multiple initiatives to give impetus to the interaction between Chinese traditional culture and party’s ideological and political work. Firstly, we need to elaborate on socialist core values by adapting traditional culture, exploring traditional resources and strengthening the foundation for positive values. Secondly, we need to utilize the informative role of traditional culture in party’s construction, drawing on the experiences from ethical philosophy and improving governmental efficiency. Thirdly, we need to clarify the basic role of traditional culture in national education system, strengthen the traditional Chinese classical education and promote traditional culture accomplishment. Fourthly,we need to discover the educational function of traditional customs and festivals,publicize general knowledge about culture and bring about a change in morals and moves. Fifthly, we must reinforce cultural construction of social organization by promoting keeping family traditions through domestic instructions, bringing about a change of trade morals through trade traditions and improving folk customs through folk traditions.