Cohesion, Change, And Improvement: An Outline Of The Spirit Of The Chinese Nation

Grasping the meaning of nation and national spirit, expounding cohesion and transition of Chinese national spirit, and exploring approaches to promote Chinese national spirit in accordance with position, viewpoint and method of historical materialism, is the demand of fostering and promoting national spirit in the era of globalization.Firstly, grasps the essence of nation and national spirit with historical perspective, elaborates special context in which Chinese national spirit was proposed, and expounds modern expression, nature and meaning of Chinese national spirit. Then explains core ideas to gather Chinese national spirit, and describes dynamic extension and cohesion forms of Chinese national spirit. Hereafter explains rich connotation of traditional national spirit, analyzes its conservatism caused by closed conditions, and describes new connotation of Chinese national spirit stimulated by open environment. Especially distinguishes national spirit from nationalism, patriotism and populism, by elaborating Chinese national spirit excelling nationalism, explaining patriotism being the core of Chinese national spirit, and pointing out promoting Chinese national spirit getting rid of populism. Finally, demonstrates we should keep to the orientation of facing modernization, the world and the future to promote Chinese national spirit in the era of globalization, by the way of building up the system of socialist core values, building the common spiritual home for the Chinese nation, and fostering worldwide feelings of the Chinese nation.