A Study Of Peng Dehuai's View On The People

As one of the brilliant officials of the Communist Party ofPeople's Republic of China and of the Chinese People's LiberationArmy, Peng Dehuai is deeply respected and adored all over China forhis devotion and dedication to the liberation of the Chinese people andto the advancement of China. While tracing his life records,appreciating his humanness and individuality, as well as tasting theglamour of his personality, the most impressive point is his view ofpeople, that is, to serve people wholeheartedly. By view of people itmeans the general and essential concept towards the people's statusand role in the developing process of society and history, it is thecondensation, concentrate and deposit of one's world outlook, outlookon life and values. The formulation and development of PengDehuai's view of people has experienced procedures from thechivalrous and plain view of anti-vice, anti-inequality and anti-evil, tothe traditional view of voluntarily fighting and struggling for thetoiling masses, then to the view of historical materialism with highvaluation on people's interest and wholehearted serve for the people.Hence, his view of people is a combination of Marxist materialisticinterpretation of history, Chinese traditional humanist ideology, andhis own revolutionary practice and hardship experience, the motive ofits forming and promoting springs from his profound feeling for themasses of people, his faithful belief in the ideal of communism, andthe guidance of the Chinese Communist Party and Marxism. By usinghis own remarks, his colorful view of people includes "Human beingsare the true hero", "We are the sons of our people", "Being a usefulbroom of our people", "No pretense for serving our people". Like the rest of the older generation of revolutionary proletariats, Peng Dehuahas gone through fire and water for the liberation of Chinese people.The view of people of them has certainly revealed that of the ChineseCommunist Party in spite of diversities due to different experience,social status and personality. The major characteristics of PengDehuai's view of people incorporates: to serve steadfastly for thepeople, to commit integrity as "Gu-Long-Hu" to people, to make aclear distinction between public and private interests, and to endurethe humiliation with the motto "I can only sacrifice myself". As thepeople's cause of liberation led by the Chinese Communist Partystepping into the 21st century and the building of a modern socialismwith a specifically Chinese character coming to a new historical era,research on Peng Dehuai's view of people still maintains its greatsignificance. It is a walking proof of the fine tradition of the ChineseCommunist Party Members; it is a shining example of representingthe fundamental interests of the broad mass of people; it is the basis ofall thought for the implementation of keeping government responsiveto the will of the people; it is also the moral support for the realizationof transferring from a socialist well-off nation to a harmonioussociety.