Theoretical study丨 From the Xinhai Revolution to the great patriotic spirit

Wu Chuanyi

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech at the commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution, "In modern times, the Chinese people and the Chinese nation have carried forward the great patriotic spirit, gathered their hearts and blood flowed together, and jointly written a revolutionary epic poem of resisting foreign aggression, overthrowing reactionary rule, building the people's state, and promoting reform and opening up." The General Secretary's important speech provides us with a new perspective for understanding the spirit of patriotism.

The Xinhai Revolution stemmed from the great spirit of patriotism

The Opium War, which broke out in 1840, brought great humiliation and deep disaster to China, forced the door of China to open, its sovereignty and territorial integrity were destroyed, and it began to degenerate into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country. Marked by the signing of the Treaty of Xinugu, the Qing government completely became a tool for imperialist rule over China, and China was completely reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and the Chinese people fell into a deep disaster. Faced with the dangerous situation in which China was divided up by the great powers, The great national hero, great patriot, and great pioneer of China's democratic revolution, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, was the first to loudly shout out the slogan of "rejuvenating China" and launched one armed uprising after another, which finally overthrew the decadent Qing Dynasty and opened a new chapter in China's modern democratic revolution. The Xinhai Revolution ushered in a modern national democratic revolution in the full sense of the word, overthrowing the absolute monarchy that had ruled China for thousands of years and establishing a republican form of government. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "the Xinhai Revolution has greatly promoted the ideological emancipation of the Chinese nation, spread the concept of democracy and republicanism, opened the floodgates of China's progressive trend, shaken the foundation of the reactionary ruling order, established Asia's first republican state on the land of China, promoted China's social change with great shock and profound influence, and explored the road to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."

The spirit of patriotism is the soul of the Chinese nation

Traditional Chinese culture regards "self-cultivation" as the foundation of the world, and "Qi family" as the first link of social practice activities. In traditional Chinese culture, the status and meaning of "home" transcends the individual, and even has the meaning of "root" in life. No nation's "home" culture can be as prominent and rich as in Chinese culture, and no one in any country can have a strong attachment to home as Chinese, and then deduce from loving the family to patriotism, "the family is a small country, the country is a big home", and traditional Chinese culture emphasizes "home-country isomorphism", thus forming a patriotic spirit. The reason why the history of the Chinese nation is long and great is because patriotism has played an important role as a spiritual pillar and spiritual wealth. In the final analysis, patriotism is a kind of attachment to the land and the nation, this feeling in the long river of history, after thousands of years of cohesion, countless times of stimulation, and finally by the entire nation's social psychology recognized, sublimated into patriotic consciousness, rising into a moral force, it has an immeasurable role in the survival and development of the country and the nation. Dedicating everything to the motherland is the lofty virtue of the chinese nation's patriotism. In ancient Chinese history, many famous patriots and national heroes have emerged, and their patriotic dedication still has great spiritual appeal. In China's modern and contemporary history, when the country was invaded by imperialist powers, the patriotic spirit of the sons and daughters of China more and more showed its fighting edge and spiritual strength. From bourgeois revolutionaries such as Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, He Ziyuan, Zou Rong, and Qiu Jin to proletarian revolutionaries such as Li Dazhao, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, and Dong Biwu, they have all inherited the fine patriotic tradition of the Chinese nation of "taking the world as their own responsibility" and shouldered the responsibility of rejuvenating the Chinese nation.

The spirit of patriotism gathers the magnificent strength of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech at the conference celebrating the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China that "over the past hundred years, the Communist Party of China has united and led the Chinese and people to carry out all the struggles, all sacrifices, and all creations, which boil down to one theme: to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." Inspired by the national spirit with patriotism as the core, the COMMUNIST Party of China has united and led the Chinese people to take national rejuvenation as their own responsibility, waged an extremely arduous struggle, and scored great achievements in the new-democratic revolution, socialist revolution and construction, reform, opening up, socialist modernization, and socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, thus enabling the Chinese nation to usher in a great leap from standing up and getting rich to becoming strong, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has entered an irreversible historical process.

The Xinhai Revolution originated from the great patriotic spirit, which gathered the magnificent strength of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "On the new journey, we must vigorously carry forward the spirit of patriotism, establish a high degree of national self-esteem and national self-confidence, cast a solid sense of the Chinese national community, closely rely on all the sons and daughters of china to struggle together, adhere to great unity and great alliance, continuously consolidate and develop the broadest patriotic united front, extensively gather all the wisdom and strength of the Chinese nation, and form a vivid situation in which all Chinese sons and daughters at home and abroad are united in one heart and work together for the great cause of national rejuvenation." ”

(The author is a special researcher of Hunan Provincial Research Center for the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics)

[Editor-in-Charge: Yao Yixuan]

[Source: Hunan Daily· New Hunan Client]