Courageously undertake the glorious mission to compose the huazhang of the times (adhere to the "two innovations" to write epic poems)

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It is precisely from the grand dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation that Chinese literature has obtained inexhaustible spiritual power, ideological support and artistic resources. It is the sacred mission of contemporary Chinese literature to show the magnificent atmosphere of the new era, paint a magnificent picture of the new era, and write a magnificent epic of the new era

To open up a new realm of literature in the new era, it is necessary to revolutionize literary concepts, the ingenuity of ideological content, and the diversified exploration of forms and styles. Literature must have an open and inclusive artistic mind, face the future, face new technologies, and face endless possibilities

In the era of globalization, the real life, spiritual production and future destiny of mankind are highly connected. Telling the story of China is also telling the story of the world; to convey Chinese values is to participate in the construction of common values of mankind

On December 14, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the opening ceremony of the Eleventh National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Tenth National Congress of the China Writers Association, highly praising the brilliant achievements, accumulated valuable experience, and development path of the party's leadership in literature and art in the past hundred years, highly praising the new atmosphere and new outlook of the literary and art circles since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Party, and giving full affirmation, high trust and deep encouragement to the vast number of literary and art workers. The five-point hope put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping for literary and art workers has profoundly elucidated the major mission shouldered by literary and artistic work in the new era and new journey, scientifically answered a series of major theoretical and practical questions related to the long-term development of literary and artistic undertakings, put forward a series of new ideas, new arguments and new viewpoints, and enriched and developed the Marxist concept of literature and art. This programmatic document shining with the brilliance of Marxist truth provides a fundamental guideline for doing a good job in literary and artistic work in the new era, and is of great practical significance and far-reaching historical significance. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech has made the vast number of literary and art workers feel warm and inspired, and realize their heavy responsibilities in moving, glorious and proud. We must deeply study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, enhance cultural consciousness, strengthen cultural self-confidence, actively participate in the construction of a socialist cultural power with a strong historical initiative, let literature play a more proactive role in the cause of the party and the country and in the lives of the people, and strive to open up a magnificent realm of literary weather and towering peaks in the new era.

Write a new epic of the Chinese nation and condense the spiritual strength of great rejuvenation

Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation in modern times. Over the past one hundred years, the Communist Party of China has integrated the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture, united and led the Chinese people to paint a magnificent and magnificent picture in the history of human development on this vast land, and wrote the most magnificent epic in the history of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, and the Communist Party of China has led the Chinese people to forge ahead in unity, achieved the first centenary goal, built a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way on the land of China, and is marching toward the second centenary goal of building a socialist modern power in an all-round way. It is precisely from the grand dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation that Chinese literature has obtained inexhaustible spiritual power, ideological support and artistic resources. The new era and new journey are the historical orientation of contemporary Chinese literature and art. In contemporary China, the country and mountains are magnificent, the people are heroic, and the future is far-reaching. It is the sacred mission of contemporary Chinese literature to show the magnificent atmosphere of the new era, paint a magnificent picture of the new era, and write a magnificent epic of the new era. Only by integrating the "small self" into the "big me" and closely integrating the pursuit of life and artistic life with the future of the country, the destiny of the nation, and the aspirations of the people can the vast number of writers create excellent works that match the new era.

To profoundly understand the new era and vividly express the new era, we must establish a grand historical outlook and a grand era outlook. Literature in the new era should stand at the height of the overall situation of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation and the great changes in the world that have not occurred in a hundred years, with the majesty of the long river of history, connect the east and the west, run through the ancient and modern, examine the traditions and trajectories of human civilization, explore the essence and law of the development of the times, look forward to the magnificent future that is being generated, and draw the glory and dream of literature in the new era. Chinese writers should look at the torrents of the times and the vicissitudes of history with a broad vision, penetrate the magnificent reality and vast life with dialectical thinking, show the beauty of Chinese history, the beauty of mountains and rivers, and the beauty of culture, express the aspirations of the Chinese people to struggle, the power of creation, and the fruits of development, and show the spiritual atmosphere of the new era in an all-round panorama.

Adhere to the people's position and praise the people's creation

Originating from the people, serving the people, and belonging to the people is the fundamental stand of socialist literature and art, and it is also the driving force for the prosperity and development of socialist literature and art. Literature in the new era should write endless people's epics in adhering to the people's position.

The people are the mother of literature and art. The people's struggle for a better life is an inexhaustible source of literature in the new era. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that life is the people, and the people are life. The people are the creators of history and the creators of the times. The long-standing Chinese civilization, the great leaps of the Chinese nation in modern times, the great miracles, and the magnificent epics are all created and written by the people and are all calling to contemporary writers. Going deep into the people's lives and writing the people's epic poems is the unshirkable responsibility of literature in the new era.

To go to life, to the people, we must first solve the problem of emotions and positions. Only by properly solving the fundamental question of "who am I, for whom, and who do I rely on?", can writers in the new era "enter", "enter into", "heart", and "love", integrate their own emotions with the people's feelings, put the people's warmth and happiness in their hearts, rejoice in the people's joy, and worry about the people's troubles, can they create a classic artistic image that attracts, infects, and moves people, and leaves an important literary logo for the new era.

Literature in the new era must adhere to the supremacy of the people. The heroes of the new era are nowhere else, but among the people. The vast number of writers should be good at observing and refining, discovering greatness from the ordinary, discovering the sublime from simplicity, and shaping the image of the people's heroes. It is necessary to abandon simplistic, conceptual, and mechanized writing, let the image of the people have depth, height, and charm, let the artistic classics that embody the fine traditions of Chinese culture and the core values of socialism stand up, enter the history of literature, illuminate the history of literature, and create the history of literature. It is necessary to use outstanding literary works to nourish the people's aesthetic values, to create art with bones, morality, and temperature, to praise the people's historical creation, and to inspire the people to forge ahead into a new era and create a new life.

Shouzheng innovation, shaping a new form of literature

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "To measure the literary and artistic achievements of an era, we must ultimately look at the works, and the measure of the life value of writers and artists also depends on the works." "Excellent works are a sign of the height of the literature of the times, and also reflect the spiritual height of the times." To create a new era of fine works, the majority of writers need to strive for excellence and have the courage to innovate.

Innovation is the life of literature and art. A literary history is the history of the continuous innovation and development of literature. To open up a new realm of literature in the new era, it is necessary to revolutionize literary concepts, the ingenuity of ideological content, and the diversified exploration of forms and styles. General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to literary and artistic innovation, requiring the majority of literary and art workers to have a "competitive spirit" that surpasses their predecessors and "enhance the courage to make self-breakthroughs". At the same time, innovation is not the same as being weird and sensational, and cannot be innovated for the sake of innovation. Innovation is "rooted" innovation, "integrity" innovation, innovation based on Chinese cultural traditions, and innovation that integrates tradition and modernity. The broad and profound Chinese civilization is the treasure of literary and artistic innovation, and it is necessary to make China's excellent traditional culture an important source of literary and artistic innovation. Writers in the new era should strengthen cultural self-confidence, extract essences and inspiration from China's excellent traditional culture, awaken and activate historical and cultural resources, give them practical momentum and contemporary significance, integrate artistic creativity with Chinese cultural values, combine Chinese aesthetic spirit with contemporary aesthetic values, and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture.

Entering the new era, literature must have an open and inclusive artistic mind, face the future, face new technologies, and face endless possibilities. Goethe said, "To grow, you have to be original." "In today's era, the rapid development of modern technologies such as the Internet, artificial intelligence, and big data has not only expanded the literary space, but also brought new opportunities for literary innovation. Chinese writers should profoundly understand and grasp the changes in the modern communication pattern, dare to "break the circle" and "cross-border", dare to break through the old styles and old contents, widely absorb new technologies, look at new concepts dialectically, boldly expand literary boundaries, innovate literary styles, make a difference in the process of extensive acquisition, and forge fine works in innovation and creation.

Tell the story of China with affection and show the image of China

Literature is an important symbol of cultural soft power, an important carrier for shaping and displaying the image of the country, and a universal language. Telling the story of China well and showing the image of China is the sacred duty of literature in the new era.

Chinese writers must more consciously and proactively enhance their ability to tell stories, and with "a deeper vision, a broader mind, and a more confident attitude, they must choose the theme that best represents China's changes and the Chinese spirit", base themselves on the Chinese land, take root in the Chinese people's magnificent struggle practice, tell the story of the Chinese people creating a better life in the struggle, shape the image of Chinese culture, and display a vivid and three-dimensional China.

To tell Chinese stories well, we must have a firm stance on Chinese culture, and we must focus on "I" to show the charm of Chinese discourse, Chinese narrative, and Chinese aesthetics. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "The national characteristics of literature and art reflect the cultural recognition of a nation. "The Chinese nation has accumulated and formed a cultural tradition and artistic style with unique national characteristics in its long-term development. To tell Chinese stories well, it is necessary to present the artistic style of Chinese aesthetics and the unique charm of Chinese culture, and clearly establish Chinese style and Chinese style in the field of world literature.

To tell Chinese stories well, we must have a world vision and human feelings, we must combine China's aesthetic interests, contemporary Chinese values and the common value pursuit of all mankind, and actively participate in building a community with a shared future for mankind in a literary way. In the era of globalization, the real life, spiritual production and future destiny of mankind are highly connected. Telling the story of China is also telling the story of the world; to convey Chinese values is to participate in the construction of common values of mankind. The majority of writers must have a high sense of mission and responsibility, have the world in mind, look at the world, use vivid and wonderful Chinese stories to win the resonance and recognition of the people of the world, and show the world a credible, lovely and respectable image of China.

Adhere to the ideal of art, the pursuit of virtue and art

General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly expounded the close relationship between the personal moral cultivation and artistic cultivation of literary and art workers and the atmosphere of the industry and the social atmosphere, and called on the majority of literary and art workers to unify their personal moral cultivation, social image and the social effects of their works, adhere to artistic ideals, pursue both virtue and art, and strive to preserve righteousness for history, promote virtues for the world, and leave a clear name for themselves with noble ethics and works of both literary quality and beauty.

Poetry comes from character, and the heart of literature reflects the heart of poetry. Every long-standing work is inseparable from the creator's firm ideals, noble sentiments, perfect personality and profound education. Traditional Chinese aesthetics has always attached great importance to the personality cultivation of literary scholars, believing that morality and articles are inseparable and inseparable. Han Yu compares the relationship between morality and articles to the relationship between tree roots and leaves, lamp oil and light, "nourishing its roots and actually adding its anointing and hoping for its light." The root of the thick is actually done, and the anointing of the fertile is its light."

Literature is bacon's work of casting the soul, literary workers shoulder the important responsibility of enlightening the mind, cultivating sentiments, and warming the soul, and undertake the mission of promoting the industry with literature, cultivating the yuan with literature, establishing the heart with literature, and casting the soul with literature. The new era and new journey have put forward higher requirements for the broad mind, vision, personality, and quality of the vast number of literary and art workers. It is necessary to stress taste, style, and responsibility, and behave in an upright and upright manner and do things innocently. We must unswervingly pursue artistic ideals and strive to create excellent works that can be spread, stand and retained. It is necessary to carry forward the virtue of doing style and art, establish a good social image of the literary and art circles, and create a clear and clear industry atmosphere.

In the new era and new journey, the mission of the Chinese Writers Association is on the shoulders and the responsibility is heavy, and only by doing things and moving forward with courage can we live up to the trust and mission. We must continue to closely grasp the task of "doing people's work", regard the study and publicity of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the primary political task, unswervingly implement the party's literary and artistic line, principles and policies, and deeply grasp the essence and essence of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on literary and artistic work; take various forms to mobilize the vast number of writers to go deep into life and take root in the people, guide writers to reflect the real life of the new era, praise the great practice of the new journey, and further stimulate writers to participate in the work of the party and the state center. The vitality and potential of participating in social and cultural life; further provide opportunities for outstanding literary talents to stand out, create a good atmosphere for the growth of talents, guide the majority of writers and literary workers to firmly establish the values of "patriotism for the people, advocating virtue and art", and promote the high-quality development of the work of the Writers Association and the literary cause.

It is time to ride the wind and break the tide, and set sail. We must take the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech as the guide, carry forward the right path, concentrate on creation, and use profound thoughts, fresh and simple, strong and powerful literary creations to condense the magnificent spiritual power for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and contribute to the construction of a socialist cultural power in the new era of literature.

(The author is Secretary of the Party Group and Vice Chairman of the China Writers Association)

Draft: Zhao Kairu