"Focusing on the continuation of the Chinese cultural context and promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of the excellent traditional Chinese culture" is one of the seven focus points of cultural thought, and it is the supporting element and basic content in the systematic structure of cultural thought. Fully revealing the theoretical implication of the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture is the basic path for in-depth understanding of cultural thought, and it is an important dimension for comprehensively grasping cultural thought.
Characteristics of transformative practice
**The general secretary emphasized that the achievements should be summarized from four perspectives: original ideas, transformative practices, breakthroughs, and landmark achievements. Furthermore, in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the "four series" were expressed as "taking a series of strategic measures, promoting a series of transformative practices, achieving a series of breakthroughs, and achieving a series of landmark results", and took them as the basic path to promote China to embark on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. Transformative practice has further acquired the meaning of method and path, and has effectively become a Marxist practical philosophical paradigm because of the implication of the method it shows. The connotation of practical philosophy as a new chronological category of practical philosophy can be explained from the perspectives of epochality, innovation and overarching.
First of all, transformative practice is a category of practice that highlights the characteristics of the times. Marx started from the perceptual activities of people, broke away from the theoretical constraints of the old materialism, and established the practical foundation of historical materialism with the practical activities of people. The "practice of revolution" in Marx's 1845 manuscript "Theses on Feuerbach" and the "practice of change" in Engels's manuscript "Marx on Feuerbach" particularly emphasize the role of the subject in transforming the environment when discussing the relationship between the environment and man. Practice is inseparable from the subject of practical activities, and the main body is a historical existence, so any practical activity, including transformative practical activities, has the characteristics of the times. The epochal nature of transformative practices is also reflected in the specialization of their transformative goals. Each transformative practice has its own specific goal, and Marx's critique of Feuerbach is mainly to achieve a change in the worldview from the philosophical level, which is why Engels called the "Theses on Feuerbach" the first document to contain a new worldview. In the context of the new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, the process of building socialism with Chinese characteristics should be comprehensively planned through transformative practices through new ideas, new strategies and new measures. Therefore, the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that the "four series" have promoted the cause of the party and the country to achieve historic achievements and historic changes, and promoted China to embark on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way.
Second, transformative practice is a category of practice that is inherently innovative. In both Chinese and foreign contexts, the word change has the meaning of innovation. The Chinese nation has had an innovative spirit since ancient times, and there is a saying in the pre-Qin "Zhou Yi Miscellaneous Hexagrams" that "reform, go to the past, Ding, and take the new", which was extended to the idiom "reform the old and the new". According to research, the word change first came from the "Book of Rites: The Great Biography". The Book of Rites proposes that in social governance, the institutional contents of power measurement, article examination, correction of Shuo, change of clothes, special emblems, different equipment, and different clothes can be innovated, while some ritual contents such as kissing, respecting, long, and different between men and women cannot be innovated. In English, many English words for change, such as change, reformation, revolution, transformation, etc., all mean to change and re-create. Just a closer look at the meaning of the word reformation, its Latin form reformationem (nominative reformatio) also has the meaning of reformation. From the perspective of the characteristics of theory itself, within the framework of Marxist practical philosophy, the practical paradigm itself is a meta-critical theory, and criticism as an ideological method is itself a philosophical category with both negative and constructive implications in Marxist philosophy, which is the unity of negation and negation, inheritance and innovation. In the context of the new era, the innovative meaning of transformative practice is more distinct, whether it is the design of the road of Chinese-style modernization or the shaping of the new form of civilization type of human civilization, it fully demonstrates the creative contribution made by the Communist Party of China in leading the Chinese people to take the path of innovative practice and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and build a community with a shared future for mankind.
Finally, transformative practice is a category of practice that has an overarching character. Transformative practice is not a single form of social practice, but a kind of overall grasp of the internal dynamic mechanism of social change that integrates all the main factors of social change. It does not only refer to transformative activities in a specific field, such as production activities, forms of social interaction, shaping of class subjects, and construction of cultural patterns, but also a theoretical category that expounds and perceives the overall situation of social change in a certain historical period. The condensation of the category of epochality comes from the observation of the realistic practice style of the epochal model. Building a modern socialist country means that socialism with Chinese characteristics must achieve an overall leading advantage in the world in terms of economy, politics, society, culture and other aspects, such as China to build a leading country, a manufacturing power, an education power, a science and technology power, a talent power, a cultural power, a sports power, a healthy China, a digital China, etc. It is precisely with the strong support of many aspects that we can realize our dream of becoming a strong country, continuously promote the construction of Chinese-style modernization, and draw a beautiful picture of a new form of human civilization.
The overall value of "two creations".
The creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture" is not only a theoretical proposition for the sinicization of Marxism with distinctive characteristics of the times, but also a strategic positioning and practical approach for the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics. In terms of the way it is named, the innovativeness is self-evident. Further elaboration of its epochal and inherited characteristics and its overall value for Chinese-style modernization will help to grasp more deeply the innovative characteristics and transformative practical significance of the "two innovations".
First of all, the epochal nature of the "two creations" is manifested in the fact that it is a cultural innovation guided by the spirit of the times. Since the day the proposition of "two creations" was put forward, the general secretary has linked it with the task of the times of "cultural people". **The general secretary not only emphasized that the "two innovations" should shoulder the tasks of the times, but also emphasized that the creation of the "two creations" situation should be activated through the spirit of the times, emphasizing the need to harmonize the most basic cultural genes of the Chinese nation with contemporary culture, and emphasizing finding the connection between traditional culture and real life. **The general secretary emphasized that the epochal nature of culture lies in the fact that cultural activities themselves are a kind of practical activities, which can also be called cultural practices, which are influenced by the historical characteristics of the main body of practice and have the characteristics of the times. On the other hand, an era also needs to be guided by a cultural spirit with distinctive characteristics of the times. The spirit of the times is where the vitality of culture lies, people without spirit will not stand, the country without spirit is not strong, culture lacks the guidance of the spirit of the times is not vitality, can not establish cultural self-confidence and cultural self-improvement of the inner consciousness.
Secondly, the inheritance of the "two creations" is manifested in the unity of inheritance and innovation, and its inheritance and innovation are two aspects of the same process. The core essence and basic orientation of the "two innovations" is to create a culture of the times with excellent traditional Chinese cultural genes. The preservation of genes means the inheritance of tradition, and the culture of the times as a representation emphasizes the aspect of cultural innovation. Therefore, the "two creations" itself is the inheritance and development of the excellent traditional Chinese culture. ** The general secretary has repeatedly pointed out the inheritance characteristics of the "two creations" in his speeches, such as he proposed to adhere to the use of the past for the present, to learn from the past, to treat it with discrimination, and to inherit it with praise and abandonment. It is necessary to strive to absorb nourishment and wisdom from the excellent traditional culture formed and accumulated by the Chinese nation from generation to generation, continue the cultural genes, extract the essence of thought, and display spiritual charm. The reason why the general secretary emphasized the inheritance of the "two creations" is not only that the dialectic of inheritance and innovation is the theoretical position and argumentative logic of the sinicization of Marxism, but also that the general secretary has formed an overall grasp of the advanced nature of China's excellent traditional culture from the dimension of cultural self-confidence and cultural self-improvement. Compared with the modern civilization of the West, the unique spiritual meaning of the Chinese civilization has been more and more accepted by the whole world, and the Chinese civilization has been full of vitality in the new era, and can provide correct spiritual guidance for mankind together with the colorful world civilization created by the people of all countries.
Finally, the overall value of the "two innovations" is reflected in the central position of cultural construction in the overall layout of the "five-in-one", which is reflected in the comprehensive innovation characteristics of the "two innovations". Generally speaking, in the overall layout of the "five-in-one", economic construction is the foundation, political construction is the guarantee, cultural construction is the soul, social construction is the support, and ecological civilization is the foundation. It can be said that the goal orientation of economic construction, the cultural foundation of political construction, the value orientation of social construction, and the ideological foundation of ecological civilization all need to be nourished and infiltrated by cultural construction. The overall value of the "two innovations" is also reflected in the fact that the excellent traditional Chinese culture and innovative development is a process of inheriting the revolutionary culture, developing the advanced socialist culture, not forgetting the original, absorbing foreign and facing the future.
Consciously promote the "two innovations" with transformative practices
"Two innovations" has transformative practical significance, and consciously promoting the construction of "two innovations" with transformative practice will help to further understand the essential meaning of "two innovations", grasp the innovation path of "two combinations", highlight the practical value of "two creations", and take "two creations" as the starting point to deeply understand the theoretical essence of cultural thought.
First of all, consciously grasping the basic meaning of the "two creations" from the perspective of transformative practice is a theoretical perspective that bases the understanding of the "two creations" on the development category of Marxist practical philosophy with the characteristics of the new era. Transformative practice can be seen as a new category of Marxist practical philosophy, and a theoretical paradigm that tells Chinese stories in Chinese-style language. The "two innovations" are the main contents of Chinese-style modernization and a cultural practice with the characteristics of the times. Interpreting the cultural construction with epochal significance with a theoretical paradigm with epochal connotation is helpful to grasp the theoretical connotation of "two creations" more appropriately. From the perspective of transformative practice, "two creations" is not a simple cultural practice, nor is it a specific ideological method, it is the integration of transformative cultural practice and ideological method, and it is a type of practice with self-revolutionary ability. It can promote its own construction through the internal combination and mutual transformation of theory and practice, method and road.
Secondly, consciously promoting the construction of "two innovations" with transformative practice can effectively promote the implementation of the party's "two combinations". The "two combinations" are the only way to promote the Sinicization of Marxism and keep Marxism vigorous and vigorous, and it is a realistic path for the Sinicization and innovative development of Marxism. The "two combinations" include the integration of the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific realities, and the integration of the basic tenets of Marxism with the excellent traditional Chinese culture. Generally speaking, from the perspective of the basic principles of Marxism, people mostly face China's practical problems, absorb the achievements of China's excellent traditional culture, and form a Marxist ideological system for the Party to guide the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics, but to a certain extent, they ignore the main role of China's excellent traditional culture in the process of Sinicization of Marxism. Therefore, it is necessary to establish the perspective of transformative practice, fully explore the cultural integration role of the "two innovations", respond to practical needs, and explore another subjective dimension of the construction of Chinese Marxism, which can jointly promote the modernization of Marxist theory through the mutual coordination of the two dimensions. Of course, when giving full play to the transformative practical role of the "two innovations," it is necessary to firmly grasp the ideological positioning of the basic tenets of Marxism and the excellent traditional Chinese culture, that is, the basic tenets of Marxism are the soul of the Sinicization of Marxism, and the excellent traditional Chinese culture is the root of the Sinicization of Marxism, and the two cannot replace each other.
Finally, consciously promoting the "two innovations" with transformative practice can more effectively highlight the practical value of the "two creations" and grasp the overall characteristics of cultural thought. On October 8, 2023, the general secretary made important instructions on the propaganda, ideological and cultural work, and put forward the requirements of "seven efforts", which are the roadmap and worksheet for the construction of propaganda, ideology and culture in the new era. The "seven efforts" constitute a systematic system, and each element is closely linked and connected from top to bottom. In the "Seven Efforts", efforts are made to strengthen the party's leadership over propaganda, ideological and cultural work, focusing on emphasizing the leadership core, focusing on building a socialist ideology with strong cohesion and leadership, emphasizing the heart and soul, focusing on cultivating and practicing the core values of socialism, emphasizing value guidance, and improving the dissemination of news, guiding power, influence, credibility, emphasizing means and methods, focusing on continuing the Chinese cultural context, promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture, emphasizing bacon, To lay the foundation and focus on promoting the prosperity and development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries, we will focus on emphasizing specific measures, strengthening international communication capacity building, promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and emphasizing international vision. Consciously grasp the "two innovations" with the overall meaning of transformative practice, and appropriately clarify the positioning of the "two innovations" in the "seven efforts" from the perspective of part and whole, system and element. As the main content and core elements of the "Seven Elements", the "two creations" are immersed in other parts and elements, connected with other elements, and support each other, jointly showing the spiritual theme of the cultural thought and the cultural power contained in the cultural thought.
This paper is the phased achievement of the National Social Science ** General Project "Practical Empirical Research on the Integration of Scientific Spirit and Humanistic Spirit" (zzbzx034).
The author is a researcher at the Heilongjiang Provincial Cultural Development Strategy Research Center).
Author: Jiang Hongyu **China Social Science Daily, Issue 2789, December 7, 2023.