Hu Qiaomu's Contribution To The Full And Accurate Understanding Of Mao Zedong Thought Research

Hu Qiaomu’s whole life is interrelated with Mao Zedong Thought. No matter in the period of being chairman mao’s secretary, or when he is in charge of the journals and publicities of the party, even in his late years as one of the chief leaders of the party when chairman mao passed away, he still bears a connection with both chairman mao and maoism. Mao Zedong Thought, regarded as a theory, is the first theoretical achievement of Marxism’s Chinese characterization. It exists in the way of self-produce, self-develop, self-estabIishe, self-populize and self-redefine if was misinterpreted. This thesis tries to represent Hu Qiaomu’s contribution to maoism by the course of all major stages through its historical revolution, such as the period from developing time to mature time, the period of its outreaching,the period of future development and the period of redefining. This is a fresh vi si on angle--invest i gate Hu Qiaomu according to the lifelne of maoi sm;Thi s is also proceeded from Hu Qiaomu himself--to have a close-up view of the historical development of maoism.Firstly, the thesis describes the contribution Hu Qiaomu made, as a secretary, to the development of Mao Zedong Thought, including assisting Mao to launch Rectification Movement in Yan’an, explaini ng Mao’s view on the political situation of the time, and arranging the important speech Mao made, etc. Secondly, it discusses the work Hu Qiaomu made while he was i n charge of the the journa I s and pub licit i es to pub licize and popu larize the Mao Zedong Thought. His work consists of four aspects. The first one is reforming the New China’s journalism by applying the Maoism. The second one is writing the fi rst conci se version of History of the Party, eulogizing Mao’s feats and introducing the Maoism. The third one is polishing up the Se I ected Works of Mao Zedong. The I ast one is helping Maowinpublic opinion all over the world by two high-level political essays.Thirdl y, it describes the great contribution he made to hold high the banner of Mao Zedong Thought during the period of reform and opening-up. Mainly it discusses how he counterattacks the wrong ideological trend, supports and participates the discussion of practice as the criterion of truth, directs and drafts the Resolution about several problems of Chinese Communist Party. The last part of the thesis is about the contribution he made on the study of Maoism after retirement. He rethought several important points of Maoism and put forward a new way of thinking on how to study the it. In a word, Hu Qiaomu’s whole life is interrelated with Mao Zedong and Mao Zedong Thought. He made a unique contri bution to the Maoism, especially in the way how to comprehend, publicize and study it fully and accurately. His contribution is extraordinary, deserves deep study and must not be over looked.