Tag Archives: 馬克思

2023: Mao and Confucius Meet Marx

Did Mao in the end think he was going to meet Marx?  Seems so. He was a unique mix of materialism and revolutionary idealism, immense power and great paranoia. Just like in the old saying “Just because you are paranoid … Continue reading

Posted in Literature 文学, Media 媒体, Politics 政治, Religion, Tibet | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

2020: “The Six Classics are History” and the Sinicization of Marxism

【Summary】 The relationship between classics and history is the core issue in the history of Chinese thought, running through the entire process of historical development since the Zhou and Qin dynasties. The Communist Party of China has always faced its own unique relationship between classics and history, that is, the relationship between Marxist “classics” and Chinese practice “history,” with the core proposition being the sinicization of Marxism. It is worth noting that the sinicization of Marxism and the method of handling the relationship between classics and history in “all classics are history” are very similar. This is not a coincidence, but has its theoretical origins: on the one hand, the Communist Party of China is the inheritor of the excellent culture of the Chinese nation and consciously draws nourishment from it from the very beginning of its establishment; on the other hand, Fan Wenlan, as a key figure, became a crucial link between Mao Zedong and Zhang Xuecheng. Just as the proposition of the sinicization of Marxism was put forward, Fan Wenlan arrived in Yan’an, and his grand theory of the evolution of Chinese classical studies was highly valued by Mao Zedong. Faced with similar issues of the relationship between classics and history, there are also key figures as the intellectual link, and the relationship between the theory of “all classics are history” and the sinicization of Marxism has an inherent logical connection, which has significant methodological implications. Continue reading

Posted in History 历史, Ideology 思想 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

2000: Jiang Zemin on Post Soviet Collapse Challenges in Ideological and Political Work

An intriguing tweet from Professor Mittelstaedt. I tracked down the article. Translated below. I added some formatting and links. See also the earlier postings here Addressing the question “Why did the Soviet Union collapse?” has been a major industry for … Continue reading

Posted in Ideology 思想, Politics 政治 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment