The Study Of Chinese Communists Using "the Communist Manifesto" In The Education Of Marxist Theory (1919-1949)

As a Marxist political party, the Communist Party of China has always attached importance to the learning, innovation and practice of Marxist theory, which is an inevitable requirement of building a Marxist learning party for for Chinese Communists, and also trained a team of party members and cadres having sublime belief, strong faith, strict discipline,courageous act."The Communist Manifesto" is one of the great works of Marxism theory. Using the methods of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, it elaborated a package of ideological and theoretical system including historical materialism, class struggle and proletarian revolution, "Two Necessities" and full and free development of humans,and so on, having a profound impact on the course of development of human society. In the period of the New Democratic Revolution, "The Communist Manifesto" has repeatedly been listed as Marxist theory educational textbooks of the Chinese communists, which has played an invaluable role in strengthening communist ideal and belief, in establishing the proletarian world outlook, outlook on life and values, and in leading the establishment and development of the Communist Party of China, leading the workers’ movement and the agrarian revolution, the construction of proletarian army and leading the New Democratic Revolution history.In order to make the core ideas of the "Communist Manifesto" step into the public’s mind profoundly and strongly and be truly mastered by CPC members and cadres and the masses, and be internalized into theoretical weapon for solving practical problems of the revolutionary, the Communists Party of China use diverse forms of education, such as school education, in-service education, literature and art,theater, newspapers, slogans, ideological debate, and so on. In terms of the subject of the “Communist Manifesto”education, it is mainly on the senior cadres, through whom to educate ordinary party members and the masses; in terms of the educational methods of the “Communist Manifesto”, it is mainly on theory instilling; in terms of the educational contents of the “Communist Manifesto”, it is mainly on entire Marxism scientific theory system; considering the educational principles of the“Communist Manifesto”, it insists on the combining of political nature and artistic nature.Learning lessons from history, the facts that Chinese Communists use the "Communist Manifesto" in the education of Marxist theory still have reference significance and enlightenment value in redefining the role of the "Communist Manifesto" in constructing the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the core socialist values for us today, the experience and lessons ofthe Communist Party of China in promoting the process Marxism in China through studying Marxism classical documents are still worth to be absorbed and learned, the features of Chinese communists’ Marxist theory of education are still worthy of continuous learning and innovation.