The Research On Zhou Enlai’s Political Ethics

Zhou Enlai as an excellent Marxist, his exalted moral character and superior political wisdom make him be called an outstanding representative of the communists and the Party model. Zhou Enlai’s political ethics is formed under certain conditions,where the practice is based on the Chinese democratic revolution and socialist revolution and construction; theoretical source is Marxist political ethics and the Chinese traditional splendid political ethics resources; subjective factor is the self-tempered personality of pursuing the perfect ideal moral. After two important stages, that is democratic revolution and the socialist revolution and construction, Zhou Enlai’s political ethics gradually forms, develops and refines. It includes political ethical principles、political ethical norms、the theory of political morality and political leader’s requirement of ideal personality, etc. Zhou Enlai’s political ethics highlights distinctive characteristics, such as the unity of expatiation and practice、combination of the moral norm and deal personality and putting heart and soul into serving the people as the fundamental purpose. Zhou Enlai’s political ethics inherits and develops the Marxist political ethics and the Chinese traditional political ethics, enriches and improves the socialist political ethics. What’s more, his moral character sets up the monument in the history of Chinese moral ethics; Of course, due to some reasons such as history and times, Zhou Enlai’s political ethics Inevitably exists limitations. Zhou Enlai’s political ethics is the Chinese people’s precious spiritual wealth, which provides ethical resource for governing idea 、 the cultivation of the Party’s official virtue and wind of party conduct politics, offers moral example for nurturance of the Party and government cadres and also supplies the theoretical guidance for promoting world peace and progress. Therefore, Zhou Enlai’s political ethics has important time value.