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On the morning of October 15, 2014, general secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on literary and art work in the east hall of the Great Hall of the People. At the meeting, literary and art workers spoke freely and frankly expressed their views. Some participants said bluntly: "Some works, the audience scolds while watching, and the creators make a lot of money while being scolded." Such works have economic benefits, but what about social benefits? In response to the problems existing in the field of literature and art, General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly pointed out: "Literature and art cannot be lost in the tide of the market economy, and cannot deviate from the question of why people are, otherwise literature and art will have no vitality." "The words are sonorous, the sound is loud, and the deafness is deafening.

Literature and art are the clarion call of the times, which can best represent the style of an era and the atmosphere of an era. Promoting great causes and realizing great dreams requires great spirit, the role of literature and art is irreplaceable, and literary and art workers have great potential. Since the beginning of reform and opening up, the mainland's literary and artistic creation has ushered in a new spring, and the vast number of literary and art workers have closely followed the times and dedicated themselves to the times, creating a large number of outstanding works that are popular among the population, and making important contributions to carrying forward the Chinese spirit and condensing China's strength. In 2018, the mainland solemnly celebrated the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up, and commended 100 reform pioneers, including many well-known writers and artists, who are excellent representatives of the prosperity and development of socialist literature and art. At the same time, it cannot be denied that in literary and artistic creation, there are still phenomena of lack of quantity and quality, "plateau" and "peak", problems of plagiarism and imitation, uniformity, mechanized production, and fast-food consumption. Some regard works as "cash cows" for pursuing interests and as "ecstasy" for sensory stimulation; some are scribbled, shoddily made up, far-fetched, and created some cultural "garbage"; and so on. These phenomena warn us that although the development of the market economy has created conditions for the prosperity of literature and art, literature and art may also lose their way and deviate in the tide of the market economy. We must adhere to the correct direction of the development of literature and art, and we must never be slaves to the market and must not be stained with copper odor.

Socialist literature and art is essentially the literature and art of the people. The question of why man is a fundamental question, a question of principle. Adhering to the fundamental orientation of serving the people and serving socialism is a basic requirement put forward by the party on the literary and artistic front, and it is also the key to determining the future and destiny of the mainland's literary and artistic undertakings. The people are the source of living water for literary and artistic creation, and once they leave the people, literature and art will become rootless duckweed, disease-free groaning, and soulless shells. It is not correct to think that the people do not understand literature and art, and that creation oriented to the masses is not of a high standard. The artistic life of all outstanding literary and artistic workers originates from the people, and all outstanding literary and artistic creations are for the people. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "There are a hundred or a thousand methods of literary and artistic creation, but the most fundamental, most critical and most reliable way is to take root in the people and take root in life. For decades, the "red literary and artistic light cavalry" on the grasslands, the Ulan Pastoral Horse, faced the wind and snow, braved the cold and heat, took the sky as the curtain, took the ground as the stage, took root in the fertile soil of life, served the herdsmen and the masses, and conveyed the voice and care of the party, which was affectionately called "Manai (our) Ulan Herding Horse". The enduring prosperity of Ulan Pastoral Riding shows that the people need literature and art, and literature and art also need the people. Literary and art workers should adhere to the people-centered creative orientation, always follow the footsteps of the people, go out of every inch of the world, read the world, let their hearts always beat with the hearts of the people, pour the people's joys and sorrows into their own works, and aspire to create masterpieces that have been passed down among the people for a long time.

Socialist literature and art is literature and art that adheres to social benefits first. A good work should be a work that can withstand the evaluation of the people, the evaluation of experts, and the test of the market, and it should put social benefits in the first place, and at the same time it should also be a work that unifies social benefits and economic benefits. For example, "Ordinary World", "Remember Nostalgia", "My Motherland and Me", "Mountains and Seas" and so on are all works that are both "applauded" and "applauded". Under the conditions of the socialist market economy, many cultural products must realize their value through the market, of course, they cannot completely disregard economic benefits. However, compared with social benefits, economic benefits are secondary, when two benefits, two values contradictory, economic benefits should be subordinated to social benefits, market value should be subordinated to social values. Excellent literary and artistic works should be both ideologically and artistically successful, and they can also be welcomed in the market. Literary and art workers should persist in putting social benefits in the first place, establish a correct outlook on history, nationality, country, and culture, consciously stress taste, style, and responsibility, consciously abide by state laws and regulations, strengthen the cultivation of moral character, resolutely resist vulgarity and vulgar kitsch, and cultivate sentiments, enlighten the mind, and lead the fashion with healthy and upward literary and artistic works and behavior.

Literary and artistic creation is arduous creative labor, which is inseparable from perseverance and creative determination. In the tide of the market economy, some people have suffered from "impetuous disease". Some people feel that repeated polishing for a work cannot be exchanged for practical value in time, or cannot be converted into RMB in time, which is not worth it or cost-effective. Such an attitude will not only mislead the creation, but also make vulgar works popular, resulting in the phenomenon of "bad money expelling good money". The impetuous motivation is to pursue fame and profit, the performance is to rush to make quick profits, behind which there is a deviation in weighing social benefits and economic benefits, and the logic of capital erodes the logic of creation, and the market standard replaces the artistic standard. In fact, the literary and artistic masterpieces that are really loud, spread, and retained have always been far away from impetuousness and not seeking utilitarian gains, and they have all been forged with painstaking efforts. Cao Xueqin wrote "Dream of the Red Chamber" "read for ten years, adding and deleting five times". Lu Yao's tombstone is inscribed: "Labor like an ox, dedicate like the land." "It is precisely with this spirit of diligent pursuit and excellence that good literary and artistic works can be created." Literary and art workers should be wise and virtuous, regard advocating virtue and art as a lifelong lesson, keep in mind that creation is their central task, and their works are the foundation of their own life, be able to withstand loneliness and stabilize their minds, integrate artistic ideals into the cause of the party and the people, and ensure that they have great righteousness in their hearts, people in their hearts, responsibilities on their shoulders, and clean work in their pens.

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At every major historical juncture in human development, literature and art can make the precursor of the times, the pioneer of society, and the pioneer of wisdom, and become the precursor of the changes of the times and social changes.

If literary and art workers want to aim high, they must have the pursuit of "looking at the end of the world", endure the coldness of "last night's west wind withered the green trees" and the loneliness of "going up to the tall building alone"; even if the "belt is gradually widening", they "will never regret it"; even if "people are haggard", they are willing, and finally they have reached the understanding of "looking for him in the crowd for thousands of degrees" and "looking back suddenly, the man is in the place where the lights are dimmed".

Literary and art criticism is a mirror and a good medicine for literary and artistic creation, and is an important force to guide creation, produce more fine products, improve aesthetics, and lead fashion. Literary and art criticism wants criticism, not praise or even vulgar praise, flattery, can not be applied to Western theories to tailor the aesthetics of Chinese, still less can simple commercial standards replace artistic standards, literary and artistic works are completely equivalent to ordinary commodities. It is necessary to do a good job of the "steering wheel" of literary and art criticism, polish the "sharp weapon" of criticism, praise the good and despise the inferior, stir up turbulence and promote clarity, dare to seek truth from facts in terms of artistic quality and level, dare to show an attitude toward all kinds of undesirable literary and artistic works, phenomena, and ideological trends, dare to take a stand on major issues of right and wrong, tell the truth and reason, and create a good atmosphere for carrying out literary and art criticism.

"When you know the east wind, thousands of purples and thousands of reds are always spring." Great times call for great writers and artists. In the face of the magnificent new era and new practice, we have the responsibility to write a new epic of the Chinese nation. The vast number of literary and art workers must adhere to the Marxist concept of literature and art, consciously become practitioners of advanced culture and leaders of social trends, carry out literary and artistic creations worthy of our great nation and great era, and strive to build a literary and artistic peak in the era of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Source: Learning to strengthen the country