Let's talk about the problems that arise as ordinary workers. The reason why this issue should be raised in particular is that some of our cadres are the best in the world, look down on people, rely on their qualifications to eat, and become officials, especially big officials, so they are unwilling to appear as ordinary laborers. This is a very bad phenomenon.
**: Cadres should appear as ordinary laborers" (May 20, 1958).
Appreciation] ** This passage quotes the common folk saying "Lao Tzu is the first in the world", and severely criticizes the bad phenomenon of some cadres who are self-inflated, self-righteous, arrogant, and boastful.
The great man first pointed out the various phenomena of "Lao Tzu is the first in the world" -- looking down on people, relying on qualifications to eat, and being an official, especially a big official, is unwilling to appear as an ordinary laborer.
Then he pointed out the harm brought about by "Lao Tzu is the first in the world" - relying on being a big official to eat and relying on qualifications to eat, which hinders the creative play.
It analyzes the bad nature of "Lao Tzu is the first in the world" - official spirit is a low-level taste, putting on a show, putting on a show, putting on qualifications, treating people unevenly, and looking down on people, this is the lowest level of taste, and this is not the noble communist spirit.
In the end, the great man expounded on the need to have a correct attitude in destroying and sweeping away the official spirit: whoever has the truth should obey whomever he wants, whether it is a dung picker, a coal digger, a street sweeper, or a poor peasant, as long as the truth is in their hands, they must obey them. If your ruler is great, but the truth is not in your hands, and it cannot obey you.
He then points out the impact of "cadres should appear as ordinary workers" - if the majority of cadres can appear as ordinary workers, then these few cadres will be isolated and bureaucratic Xi can be changed. If the majority of cadres are swept away from the official spirit, the remaining people will be swept away even if they have official spirit, and it will be easy to sweep away because they are isolated.
Finally, it is pointed out that to correct the "Lao Tzu No. 1 in the world", it is necessary to raise awareness and put it into action
1) Appearing as an ordinary laborer is a high-class interest and a noble communist spirit. It will be possible to do this, to prevent great power chauvinism.
2) Put it into action - if most of our cadres, especially leading cadres, treat others with a scientific attitude, with a modest attitude, a correct and modest attitude rather than a hypocritical modest attitude, and appear as ordinary workers, great power chauvinism can be prevented, and even if it appears, it will not be terrible.