Hu Fuming, this name may not be well-known to the public, but if it is mentioned that "practice is the only criterion for testing truth", I believe everyone knows it. The creator of this famous quote is none other than this highly respected scholar. Hu Fuming set off a huge wave in the theoretical circles with an article entitled "Practice is the Only Criterion for Testing Truth", which became a thunderclap and thus emerged as a result. Subsequently, his political career went smoothly, culminating in the post of Propaganda Minister of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
This article is believed to be a response to the "two things" in the editorial "Study the Document and Grasp the Outline" of February 7, 1977. At the time, Wang Dongxing, vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, commented after the editorial: "This article is cutting the red flag. And *** said approvingly: "This article will go down in history." At the same time, Chairman Hua took a cautious attitude towards the article, emphasizing the importance of theoretical issues: "Theoretical issues are the foundation of the Party and should be treated with caution. ”
However, the expression of "two everythings" did not come from *** but was proposed by Wang Dongxing and agreed by the Politburo. The purpose of this statement is to "emphasize holding high the banner of *** and stabilizing the situation", and it is not aimed at the fact that after the publication of the editorial, President Hua announced his intention to resume Deng's work, which further proves that this is not to hinder Deng's comeback.
What cannot be ignored is that although the editorial of "Studying the Document and Grasping the Outline" was proposed by Wang Dongxing, it was decided after discussion by the Politburo that it was aimed at the social and political situation, not at individual figures. On the contrary, "Practice is the Only Criterion for Testing Truth" has been revised and reviewed seven times, and has been reviewed and published by specific figures, rather than by discussion and decision by the Politburo.
Professor Hu Fuming expressed his views on history in an interview in 2009, but some pointed out that he was negligent in verifying the truth. He mentioned the problem of rural children going to school before the reform and opening up, but did not conduct an in-depth study of the situation after the reform and opening up. This raises some questions, and we need a more comprehensive understanding and objective observation of such historical facts.
It is undeniable that Professor Hu Fuming left a profound remark in his teaching career: "If I don't criticize wrong ideas when I find them, I will be sorry for the party!"However, the right and wrong of ideas are ultimately tested by history. ** Emphasizing that social practice is the criterion for testing truth, and Hu Fuming's statement may be slightly biased, but it should cause us to think deeply about history.
To sum up, Professor Hu Fuming's famous saying that "practice is the only criterion for testing truth" has become a classic, but when dealing with historical issues, we still need to be cautious, conduct in-depth research, and look at history and truth from a more comprehensive and objective perspective.