Mao Zedong's View Of History

Mao Zedong has set a brilliant example for our whole party in learning and using history.Mao Zedong loved reading history all his life,but not to be a pure historian,but to think about and solve practical problems in social practice.Whether it is in the war years guiding the new democratic revolution or in the socialist revolution and the early stage of the socialist construction,Mao Zedong's cognition and summary,analysis and application of history are based on the practical needs of the Chinese revolution and construction.Under the guidance of Marxism,Mao Zedong combine the history and reality of China,look at history as a mirror—avoid going astray by reviewing the past and borrow history to educate people.Finally,the purpose of reforming the society is achieved.Among them,Mao Zedong's fundamental view and general view on history is Mao Zedong's view of history.Marxism's materialist conception of history and the ancient Chinese simple historical materialism are the theoretical origins of Mao Zedong's historical view.Under the guidance of Marxism,Mao Zedong realized the transformation from the idealistic historical view to the historical materialism,the transformation from the heroic historical view to the mass historical view,and the transformation from the improved historical view to the revolutionary historical view in the practice and exploration.In order to better guide the Chinese revolution and construction,Mao Zedong used Marxism's method to absorb the wisdom and good recipe of transform the real society from the historical river.On the basis of summing up the historical experience and lessons,Mao Zedong can correctly understand the essence behind the historical phenomenon,explore the law of historical development,and grasp the trend of historical development.With the continuous development of social history,many specific contents of Mao Zedong's view of history may not be compatible with the current reality.However,the basic standpoints,viewpoints and methods of Mao Zedong's historical view are of long-term guiding significance for us to study and apply the history in the future.Especially in the field of ideology,studying Mao Zedong's view of history can help us consciously use historical materialism to oppose andcriticize historical nihilism,to correctly understand and treat the history of our Party and the state,to scientifically deal with the dialectical relations between the two historical periods before and after the reform and opening up,to persist in the direction of socialist reform and always follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics.