Compared with Chairman Mao's thesis of the same period, "The Theory of Practice", this "Theory of Contradictions" is more academic, a philosophical treatise, written to overcome the serious dogmatic ideas that existed in the Communist Party of China at that time, and gave a lecture at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in Yan'an. Because of its academic nature, it is very difficult to read, or if there is no certain philosophical foundation, it is a bit difficult to read this paper. Therefore, the public often prefers to read "the theory of practice", but this does not mean that the "theory of contradiction" can only be used as academic research, if you can fully understand the "theory of contradiction", its practical significance is even greater than that of "theory of practice".
First of all, briefly expound the content of the "theory of contradictions".
The text holds that the most fundamental law of things is the law of contradiction, that is, the law of the unity of opposites, and that nature and society conform to this law. For the simplest example, when the bomb is not exploded, it is when the contradictory things coexist in a unity due to certain conditions. The explosion did not occur until new conditions (fire) appeared. Compounds in chemistry such as the most common water, the chemical name H2O, its composition is bivalent anionic oxygen and two monovalent cationic hydrogen composition, yin and yang is the opposite, the composition of H2O is unified. This is true of the integrals and calculus, positive and negative numbers in mathematics, and the good and evil thoughts that people in society have.
The several characteristics of contradictions are "universality", "particularity", "main contradiction and main contradiction aspect". Next, I will explain its principles and how to apply them to actual work life.
Selected Works of Mao Zedong
I. The Universality of Contradictions and Their Application
The universality of contradictions has two meanings. The first is to say that contradictions exist in the course of the development of all things; the second is to say that in the course of the development of every thing there is a movement of contradictions from beginning to end.
If you understand this, you will understand that man himself is a contradiction, and man lives in a society full of contradictions. So, as long as we live and life is not over, then contradictions will always accompany us.
You just joined the work, not much money, but the people around you seem to be very rich, eating and drinking, driving a car with an Apple mobile phone, and you are just using more than a thousand pieces of domestic mobile phones, you feel very faceless, so you desperately make money, do part-time, and finally got your wish to buy an Apple mobile phone, just began to be ecstatic, after a while I think the Apple mobile phone is like that. At this time, you find that others drive to work every day, and you are reversing the bus, which makes you unbearable, you swear to buy a car of your own to drive, you save money for a few years, and finally buy your first car, drive to work carefully every day, but then you find that your car is a bit low, you need to buy more high-end to have noodles.
I believe that everyone will encounter the above story at a certain stage of life, wanting one thing, and not getting it for a while, which is a contradiction! But do you think that after getting this thing, the contradiction disappears? No, contradictions are pervasive, and you get this stuff and you want better. This is why some Shanghai drifter and North Drifter felt that when they were young, they would be happy if they could have a suite in Beijing and Shanghai, and when he really got a suite, he would definitely not be happy, because he would want something else at that time that he would not get.
IPhone
So, what is the use of you understanding that these are the universalities of contradictions?
Of course it works!
First of all, your mindset will change! You will know that you will not be happy because you use an Apple phone, and after a while you will envy other things, so this contradiction cannot be solved. When you have the ability or the right way to work hard to resolve the contradiction in front of you, you can solve it, but you also know in your heart that you yourself will not be able to encounter such a problem again because you have solved the problem at hand.
Second, your behavior will change! When it is really difficult for you to resolve this contradiction at the moment, you will put this contradiction on hold for the time being and not solve him! For example, a few years ago, there was a guy who bought an Apple phone in order to satisfy his vanity, but he had no money and was in a hurry, which obviously made a cognitive mistake, he felt that as long as he bought an Apple phone, he would have a face, and his problem would be solved, in fact, it was not at all. He did not read Chairman Mao's "theory of contradictions", so he sold one of his kidneys to buy an Apple mobile phone, and the moment he got the mobile phone was very happy, but after a year of use, Apple was replaced, people around him used the latest model, his backwardness again, this time he wanted to buy the latest model, and new contradictions appeared again.
This is the enlightenment of the "universality of contradictions" to our lives: do not try to completely resolve certain contradictions, especially when you are incompetent, temporarily shelving contradictions is often the best way to resolve contradictions at the moment!
Sell kidneys for mobile phones
Second, the particularity of contradictions and their application
Contradictions are universal, which is universal, but in the case of an individual or in a particular time and space, contradictions have their particularity that distinguishes them from others.
That is to say, a certain contradiction only exists in a specific environment at a specific time, and does not exist forever, but will be transformed into another contradiction at another time and environment! This is actually a counterpart to an old saying in our country, "thirty years of Hedong, thirty years of Hexi". Your salary is very low, even lower than the takeaway, and it is impossible to buy a small house in the ideal city, which is the reality of your current existence! However, this contradiction is peculiar, because it only exists within five years after graduation or within ten years, after which your income increases, and this specific special contradiction does not exist, although other contradictions will arise.
Therefore, everyone should relax their mentality, there is no obstacle that cannot be passed, if we really can't solve it, we will put it aside, maybe after a while it will be solved!
The particularity of contradictions
The main contradictions and the main aspects of the contradictions and their application
In the process of the development of complex things, there are many contradictions, one of which must be the principal contradiction, because its existence and development stipulate or affect the existence and development of other contradictions.
The operability of this feature is very strong, and really understanding can avoid a lot of contradictions!
Let's take an example from Mao Xuan. Before Japan invaded China in an all-round way, the main contradiction in our country was the contradiction between revolution and counter-revolution, and to put it bluntly, it was the class contradiction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The classes represented by the two parties are the big bourgeoisie, the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, and therefore the main contradiction of the Chinese nation at this time is the class contradiction. However, after Japan's all-out invasion of China, the main contradiction in our country changed, from an internal class contradiction to a national contradiction, that is, a contradiction between China and Japan! After understanding this, there is a possibility of a united front, because after Japan attacks China, it will not care whether you are bourgeois or proletarian, and he will always use the three-light policy to treat you, which leads to the possibility of unity between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie in China! This is the theoretical basis for cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, although the contradictions between them still exist.
Japan invaded China
So, how to use this principle in life. I did an experiment before, and it was my parents. My parents and my parents have a bit of a bad personality, my father has a gentle personality, and my mother is more acute, so the two people get along for half a lifetime and always quarrel at both ends for three days. afterward. I thought of a trick, saying that someone in the village always pointed out to my parents, saying that two people were not compatible, and sooner or later they would divorce, and also pointed out that mainly my mother was too strong. As a result, my mother listened to it and scolded the people who said bad things about her behind her back, but since then she has quarreled with my mother less, especially in front of outsiders! I think this is why I cleverly used the above principles to transform the contradiction between the two of them into a contradiction between them and the outside world!
I think that whether in work or life, we can use this principle to transform the contradictions we are facing temporarily, which is the theoretical basis for not having eternal friends and no eternal enemies!
Husband and wife quarrel
The "theory of contradictions" is the most important part of the chairman's ideology, it is absolutely applicable to all things, as long as we have a good grasp of it, we can take advantage of the opportunity in work and life.