The Study On The Concept Of Traditional Culture Of Mao Zedong

As a great man, Mao Zedong had attached great importance to analysis and research Chinese traditional culture both in revolutionary war or peace-building period, and had formed the concept of traditional culture with the guidance of Marxism in practice of the Chinese revolution and construction. His concept of traditional culture refers to basic ideas and opinions of traditional culture during his life, embodied in the "what is the traditional culture" and "how to deal with traditional culture."Man is the creature of circumstances, anyone’s thoughts are the results of subjective and objective factors; the concept of traditional culture of Mao Zedong is no exception. The formation of the concept of traditional culture of Mao Zedong cannot do without the objective conditions, and also closely related to his personal qualities. Among them, the background of the times and the practice foundation, theoretical origin and the influence of China traditional culture provide the possibility for the formation of his concept of traditional culture; and deep ancient chinese literature, solid foundation of Marx’s Theory, solid dialectical historical thinking style,rich practical experience and other personal qualities conditions make this possibility become reality.The human mind is a historical occurrence and development, is a collection of processes. The formation of his concept of traditional culture was not achieved overnight, which gradually formed and matured in the specific historical conditions of China with the pursuit of independence and democracy. The process can be roughly divided into four historical periods. The first stage is the embryonic period, from 1900 when he began to accept enlightenment education of traditional culture education to 1920 when his Marx’s world outlook established. The second stage is the formation and mature period, from 1921 when Communist Party of China founded to the founding of new China in 1949, which divided into the formation period from 1921 to early 1935 and mature period of Yanan. The third phase, from the founding of new China in 1949 to the establishment of the socialist system in 1956, is the new exploration period. The fourth stage is the tortuous development period, which from 1957 anti-rightist movement to 1976.The concept of traditional culture of Mao Zedong is the basic view on the traditional culture with the Marx’s attitude during the period of the revolution and the construction. The contents are mainly embodied in the answer of "what is the traditional culture" and "how to treat Chinese traditional culture". Among them, the former replied "what is" and "what is not", the latter replied "how to treat" and "do not treat". On the issue of "what is the traditional culture", Mao Zedong explained mainly from the produce, essence, characteristics, value of traditional culture. On the issue of "how to treat Chinese traditional culture", Mao Zedong emphasized " study and research ", "critical inheritance and creative development", "making the past serve the present, make foreign things serve China" etc.The concept of traditional culture of Mao Zedong has important theoretical value and practical significance. From the history, its value is embodied in the enrichment and development of Marxist traditional culture theory; as an important part of Mao Zedong thought, it provided scientific guide for the new-democratic culture and the socialist culture construction. In practice, the contemporary value mainly reflected in the following two aspects:to guide the contemporary people to establish and adhere the scientific concept of traditional culture firmly; to provide important theoretical support for contemporary people to inherit and carry forward the Chinese excellent traditional culture, etc.