Marx, full name Karl Heinrich Marx, was the founder of Marxism, the organizer and leader of the First International, one of the founders of Marxist parties, the revolutionary mentor of the proletariat and the working people of the world, the spiritual leader of the proletariat, and the founder of the international communist movement. At the same time, he was a German thinker, political scientist, philosopher, economist, revolutionary theorist, historian and sociologist. The main revolutions were Capital and the Communist Manifesto.
I dare not imagine what kind of knowledge system and perseverance it takes to write a biography of this heavyweight international celebrity. Moreover, just reading through the biography requires me to write a decent experience, and I am absolutely incompetent. However, from the words of Zhang Guangming and Luo Chuanfang, I still saw a Carl who was born ordinary, diligent and studious, erudite and knowledgeable, dared to love and dare to hate, insisted on the truth, was as evil as a vendetta, and had flesh and blood, and was by no means a monster who did not smile and did not eat human fireworks. At the beginning of the 18th century, during the Jiajing period of the Qing Dynasty, China was in the dark of returning to the light and before the dawn, while the European and American revolutions were already rising and falling, and various ideological trends were superimposed one after another, influencing and disturbing the minds of the people of the world. The great Karl came to earth, because he came from a family of lawyers, his father had profound knowledge, and his mother was a kind woman, thanks to the influence of a good family education. Carl made a vow from middle school to fight for the all-round development of mankind, and he said in his high school graduation thesis "Considerations of Youth in Choosing a Profession": "How we choose the profession that can best work for mankind, then the burden cannot overwhelm us, because this is the sacrifice made by everyone; then what we enjoy is not a pitiful, limited, selfish pleasure, our happiness will belong to millions of people, our cause will exist quietly and silently, but it will always work. And in the face of our ashes, noble people will shed tears." Reading this, do you believe that this is the ambition of a middle school student who is only seventeen or eighteen years old?
Great times produce great heroes, and great heroes have great personalities. Karl is no exception. He is intelligent and studious, loves history, loves to read literature, is keen on learning, and has a fiery attachment to drama and prose. He was erudite, knew German, Latin, Greek and French, taught himself English, Italian and Spanish, and even mastered Russian in his twilight years, admiring De Complet and Epicurus, admiring Hegel and surpassing Hegel, and making friends and enemies of Proudhon and Lassalle, and resolutely counterattacked Bakunin. He dared to love and hate, despite the great disparity in the door, their crazy pursuit, always deep love for his wife Yanni, no matter how eminent and authoritative the utopians and idealists, he dared to challenge, confronted them, often expelled from the country where he lived, lived an extremely embarrassing life (often suffered from food and clothing, illness and parting with his relatives), but never gave up the revolutionary cause he loved. He loved science, but instead of curling up in an ivory tower, he was at the forefront of revolutionary practice, finding out the root causes of the hardships that led to the hardships of the workers' lives; did he long struggle to give up research for life, or to avoid practice in order to study? Physical torture and spiritual destruction often make him sick.
I think that Marx's greatness lies not only in the above, but also in the penetrating power of his profound ideas, which not only transcended his time and made him the number one public enemy regarded by all the reactionary forces in Europe, but also influenced it in the centuries that followed. As Chinese communists who believe in and practice Marxism, we must learn from Marx's great character of serving mankind and not serving selfish interests, from his spirit of struggle in upholding the truth and not fearing authority, from his attitude of paying attention to integrating theoretical study into revolutionary practice, from his far-sighted strategy and tactics of deeply investigating the essence through phenomena, and from his humanistic feelings of humility, eagerness to learn, and pursuit of excellence. In addition to that, I have many questions that need to be clarified. For example, why did Marx and Engels, two mentors, establish such a great friendship? What is the cornerstone of a great friendship between them? What is the mental support of Karl's long-term overload? Wait, these are all topics worth pondering, because this friendship has far surpassed love and affection!