The courage to self-revolution is the distinctive character cultivated by the Communist Party of China over the past century, a significant symbol that distinguishes our party from other political parties, and the key to our party's vigor and vigor after thousands of temperings. To deeply grasp the essence and practical requirements of the party's self-revolution, we must deeply understand the Marxist world outlook and formula contained in it, deeply understand the philosophical position, philosophical method and philosophical character contained in its philosophical implications, and carry out the party's self-revolution to the end with a high degree of theoretical consciousness.
The supremacy of the people is the essential attribute of Marxist philosophy and the fundamental philosophical stance of the party's self-revolution. For the first time in the history of human thought, historical materialism has scientifically revealed the status of the masses of the people as the main body of history, and the masses of the people, as the real heroes of promoting social change, have come to the fore from behind the scenes. Marx and Engels pointed out in the "Communist Manifesto" that on the revolutionary road to the self-emancipation of mankind, communists always represent the interests of the masses of the people, and "they do not have any interests different from the interests of the proletariat as a whole"; At all stages of the development of the revolutionary struggle, "the Communists always represent the interests of the movement as a whole" and do not put forward any special principles for shaping the movement of the proletariat.
Relying on the people in everything is an inexhaustible source of strength for the party's self-revolution. First of all, the Party's self-revolution must be strongly supported by the people. The foundation of the party lies in the people, the blood is in the people, and the strength is in the people. The Party's self-revolution must listen to the voice of the people, take the people's demands as their demands, and take the people's aspirations as their aspirations. Rely on the people's sincere help to solve problems such as the lack of timely discovery of errors, the lack of in-depth excavation of the root causes of errors, and the lack of effective corrective measures. Second, the Party's self-revolution must draw on the precious wisdom of the people. We should persist in taking the people as teachers, seek advice from the capable, ask for advice from the wise, draw nutrients from the fresh experiences created by the people, and constantly enrich the source of wisdom for the party's self-revolution. Third, the party's self-revolution must be effectively supervised by the people. Taking the combination of self-supervision and people's supervision as a powerful driving force is an important practical requirement of the party's self-revolution. The entire process of the party's self-revolution must consciously accept the supervision of the people. The ultimate results of the Party's self-revolution must be evaluated by the people.
Relying on the people in everything is an inexhaustible source of strength for the party's self-revolution. First of all, the Party's self-revolution must be strongly supported by the people. The foundation of the party lies in the people, the blood is in the people, and the strength is in the people. The Party's self-revolution must listen to the voice of the people, take the people's demands as their demands, and take the people's aspirations as their aspirations. Rely on the people's sincere help to solve problems such as the lack of timely discovery of errors, the lack of in-depth excavation of the root causes of errors, and the lack of effective corrective measures. Second, the Party's self-revolution must draw on the precious wisdom of the people. We should persist in taking the people as teachers, seek advice from the capable, ask for advice from the wise, draw nutrients from the fresh experiences created by the people, and constantly enrich the source of wisdom for the party's self-revolution. Third, the party's self-revolution must be effectively supervised by the people. Taking the combination of self-supervision and people's supervision as a powerful driving force is an important practical requirement of the party's self-revolution. The entire process of the party's self-revolution must consciously accept the supervision of the people. The ultimate results of the Party's self-revolution must be evaluated by the people.
The Party's self-revolution is a kind of conscious self-denial, which embodies the philosophical method of dialectical materialism. Marxist philosophy was born out of a revolutionary reshaping of the old philosophical system, and is an epoch-making achievement of the self-promotion of the history of philosophy. In Capital, Marx emphasized that "dialectics understands every established form in terms of constant movement, and therefore of its temporality; Dialectics does not worship anything, by its very nature it is critical and revolutionary. "Marxist philosophy advocates the infinity, universality, and eternity of dialectics, breaks through the rigid dogma of Hegel's philosophical system, and emphasizes the negative understanding of existing things in the affirmative understanding of them, and reveals the fate of all existing things that are bound to perish in the rationality of all realities, thus restoring the revolutionary nature of dialectics and revealing the law of movement of self-negation of things.
The communist movement is a process of self-denial and the ultimate goal of the Party's self-revolution. Dialectical materialism reveals the internal law that all things develop through self-denial, self-innovation, and self-abandonment. Dialectical materialism is based on the self-negation movement of the objective world, and applies and extends its basic principles to the field of social history, so that the internal law of self-negation of human society can be obtained and the realistic road to the ideal world can be found. On this basis, the laws of the historical movement of human society, the inevitable demise of capitalism and the inevitable victory of communism, as well as the conditions, processes and general results of the movement of the proletariat, are revealed. As a Marxist political party shouldering this historical mission, the Communist Party of China not only carries out revolution against the old social system, the old state apparatus, the reactionary class ruling forces, backward production relations, and other factors, but also continuously conducts self-criticism and self-denial in the spirit of thorough self-revolution, eradicates all undesirable factors that undermine the party's advanced nature and purity, and fulfills the historical task of leading the great social revolution with great self-revolution.
Facing and solving one's own problems is the path to the realization of the Party's self-revolution. The Party's third historical resolution stresses that "the greatness of the Party lies not in not making mistakes, but in never shying away from medical treatment, actively carrying out criticism and self-criticism, daring to face problems head-on, and having the courage to revolutionize itself." "Dialectical materialism holds that contradiction is the substance of the relationship between things and the fundamental driving force of development, and the problem is the manifestation of contradiction. The internal contradictions of things are the fundamental cause of the change and development of things, and solving the problem of one's own existence is the fundamental premise for the party to solve all problems. Self-revolution is the party's insistence on self-transformation and self-abandonment, and it is the unique character that the party has refined in solving its own problems again and again. The 87 Conference, the Zunyi Conference, the Yan'an Rectification Movement, the Rectification Movement in the early days of the founding of New China, and the Third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee began to put things in order, and the Party is forging itself stronger and more powerful in the process of self-transformation again and again. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Zheng has always maintained the sobriety and firmness to solve the unique problems of the big party, and through unremitting efforts, has found the second answer to self-revolution, which jumps out of the historical cycle of the rise and fall of chaos.
During the Spring Festival in 2024, tourists visit the ancient town of Zhouzhuang in Kunshan, Jiangsu.The Party's self-revolution contains the philosophical character of Marxism that integrates knowledge and action, and achieves a high degree of convergence between subjectivity and objectivity, spirit and material, and what should be and what is real. In his Theses on Feuerbach, Marx pointed out that "philosophers only interpret the world in different ways, and the problem is to change the world". The old materialism abandoned subjective initiative and understood objects, reality, and sensibility in the form of objects or intuition, resulting in the complete indulgence of the spirit in matter. Idealism grasps objects from the subjective aspect, rather than treating them as human perceptual activities, and abstractly develops the subjective active aspect. Marxist philosophy bridges the separation between spirit and material with practice as the mediator, revolutionizes the way of thinking that grasps objects with pure objects or pure spirit, transcends the limitations of old materialism and idealism, and proves the truth, reality and innocence of thinking in people's perceptual practice.
The practical nature of Marxist philosophy requires the Party to constantly carry out self-revolution. Practice is the free life activity of man, the self-revolution of man's original state of existence, and the conscious change of man's external world. On the basis of the practice of material production, Marx and Engels revealed the general laws of the development of human society, the special laws of capitalist operation, and the leap from the kingdom of necessity to the kingdom of freedom, which is a practical process of continuous self-revolution and social revolution of the proletariat. Practice never ends, self-revolution never ends. Marx and Engels emphasized in "The German Ideology" that revolution is necessary not only because it is the only way to overthrow the ruling class, "but also because the class that overthrows the ruling class can only throw away all the old and dirty things in itself in the revolution and be competent for the work of rebuilding society." "The proletariat and its political party must promote self-revolution in the process of promoting practical change, promote new practical change on the basis of self-revolution, and realize the dual transformation of the object world and the subject world. Our party must conform to the new requirements of practice, face up to and solve its own problems with the spirit of thorough self-revolution, lead the social revolution with self-revolution, and promote the fulfillment of the historical mission of changing the world.
The unification of the Party's theoretical innovation of self-revolution with the innovation of self-revolution practice is an inevitable requirement for promoting the in-depth development of the Party's self-revolution. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, our party has solved many outstanding problems within the party, but some deep-seated problems have not been fundamentally solved, some old problems may resurge, new problems are still emerging, and the "four tests" and "four dangers" will exist for a long time, which requires the party's self-revolution to carry out theoretical and practical innovation. On the one hand, it is necessary to summarize and summarize the existing practical experience of the Party's self-revolution and sublimate it into a theoretical understanding of the law. At the same time, the logic of self-revolution should be innovated to reach the ideological depth of theoretical paradigm revolution, and then the theory of self-revolution and innovation should be used to guide the practical innovation of self-revolution. On the other hand, it is necessary to grasp the new major issues facing the development of the Party's self-revolution practice, put forward new methods to solve problems, innovate the practical path of the Party's self-revolution, continue to enrich the Party's practical experience of self-revolution, and provide a solid practical foundation for the Party's self-revolution theoretical innovation. On this basis, the benign interaction between theoretical innovation and practical innovation of the Party's self-revolution should be realized, so as to continuously improve the Party's ability to self-revolution and constantly open up a new realm of the Party's self-revolution.
To forge ahead on the new journey, we must stand at the height of the party's long-term governance, the country's long-term peace and stability, and the people's happiness and well-being, deeply understand the philosophical implications of the party's self-revolution, adhere to and make good use of the positions, viewpoints and methods that run through it, carry forward the spirit of thorough self-revolution, carry out the party's great self-revolution to the end, and ensure that the party will always become a strong leadership core for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
This article was published in the 04th issue of China Discipline Inspection and Supervision magazine in 2024, written by Qiao Maolin, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences).