The "Little Leader" among The Children : Marx's Great and Brilliant Life (Part I)

From this article onwards, A complete and concise introduction to the great and brilliant life of Marx will be given. During the period, there may also be articles analyzing current politics and hot spots, so please pay attention to them in time.

At about 2:00 a.m. on May 5, 1818, a loud cry broke the silence of the night, and a lovely baby boy was born in a small three-story building. Looking at his thick hair, broad forehead, and large bright eyes, his father was so pleased that he happily named him "Karl", and his full name was "Karl Henrich Marx".

Just remember the phrase "slap after slap, slap capitalism whining", remember Marx's birthday, May 5, 1818.

No one expected that a few decades later, this baby boy would grow into a great man of the world and become a great teacher of the proletarian revolution who founded the communist doctrine. His name, "Karl Henrich Marx", is also associated with a new system of scientific theories and a completely new revolutionary party and with the great practice of movement, with the cause of the emancipation of the proletariat and even of all mankind.

More than one hundred and eighty years later, he was named the world's first thinker of the millennium for his creation of the immortal document "The Communist Manifesto" and the great scientific masterpiece of "Capital".

Nearly two hundred years later, after the global economic crisis triggered by the financial crisis in the United States, his reputation became even louder, and his "Capital" became even more popular! Known as the "Book of Prophecies," there is nothing the world does not know when his name is mentioned. No matter what the situation, as long as you explore the prospects for the development of human society, you must ask him for advice! It is impossible to avoid him deliberately.

The great name of Marx will coexist with his scientific theories, with his great cause, and with mankind!

Marx was born into a wealthy family of prominent lawyers. The ancient city of Trier, located in the southern part of the Rhine province of the German state of Prussia, close to France, is actually a small town of more than 10,000 people.

Marx was born at a time when the bourgeois revolution had won a decisive victory in the major countries of the West, and capitalism had gained a firm dominance over the whole world and had entered the heyday of free competition. The characteristics of such an era are also reflected in Marx's hometown.

As early as 1795, the Rhine was annexed by the French of the Revolution, and the city of Tellier was also under French control. Bathed in the liberal and equal democratic achievements brought about by the French Revolution, the city abolished the previous feudal hierarchy and various tax obligations, capitalism developed rapidly, democratic forces were greatly strengthened, and political ideology was more active. Even when the Kingdom of Prussia took back the Rhine in 1814, the democratic atmosphere of feudal oppression and freedom and equality in the city of Trier did not die out because of the authorities' authorities.

Such a social environment has a major impact on the development of Marx's thought.

Marx's childhood was carefree, happy and joyful. His mother called him "lucky." A boy before Marx died very early, and he became the eldest son in the family, and his parents took good care of him and took good care of him. He did not attend elementary school. But he was gifted, had many extraordinary talents, had a strong imagination and comprehension, had the ability to think independently and creatively, and could make up strange stories to tell his sisters at any time. He is energetic, lively, mischievous, loves outdoor games, but has a strong personality, some stubbornness, and he is a "little leader" among children.

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There were three people who had the greatest enlightenment and influence on Marx's education in childhood. The first was his father, Heinrich Marx, a frenchman who at the time was called "authentic Frenchman."

Henrich had a deep complex of liberal humanity, and he leaned toward liberalism. He was dissatisfied with prussian feudal despotism and wanted the king to implement democratic reforms. He had attended the bourgeois liberal group "Literary Club" in the city of Trier, and was regarded as a "dubious element" by the Prussian government at a banquet in which he gave a mildly liberal speech, saluted the French tricolor flag and sang a Marseillaise.

In 1824, he converted to Lutheranism, a Protestant Christian church, named because its core doctrine was "justified by faith", which was the product of the Reformation in Germany and was founded by Martin Luther in 1529, hence the name Lutheranism.

In fact, for about 100 years before that, Marx's patrilineal clan had been engaged in occupations related to Judaism, serving as rabbis in the city of Trier in the Rhine of the Kingdom of Prussia, similar to what we now call "teachers", "saints" or "preachers" and "arbiters". The rabbis of Judaism had a very high social status at that time. Because they are proficient in the "Tanah", "Tabund" and other scriptures, they are very learned, and they also have a high moral cultivation, which is deeply loved by the people.

Since protestant Lutheranism was the most down-to-earth and closest to the common people, it played a very important role in the entire ideological emancipation movement in Europe, breaking the state of theocratic unity inherited from the Eastern Roman Empire. It was this great breakthrough that enabled the European Renaissance to begin, to the extent that the industrial revolution that followed.

But Marx's father, Heinrich, did not inherit the rabbinic job, but became a lawyer. He influenced Marx from an early age by bourgeois democratic ideas against feudal autocracy. Henrich was a gentle and decent man, diligent and down-to-earth, with noble character and outstanding talent, and was deeply respected by the residents of the city.

In addition to being proficient in law, he also has considerable attainments in classical literature and philosophy, especially admiring the teachings of great French Enlightenment scholars such as Racine, Voltaire and Rousseau, he placed infinite hopes on his eldest son Marx, educated him very early on, often recited to him the famous works of Voltaire and Rousseau, and talked about philosophical knowledge, although the content is very profound, Marx also seems to understand, but he listens very attentively, and from time to time asks some childish questions, Henrich is also satisfied. In order to sow the seeds of thirst for knowledge in Marx's young mind, he developed the habit of thinking about problems with his brain. Henrich used his own words and deeds to subtly influence and influence the young Marx.

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The second person who had the greatest enlightenment and influence on Marx's education in childhood was Ludwig von Westwarren (Old Westwarren), the father of Marx's wife, Yanni.

He was a high-ranking official and an aristocrat, he was open-minded, democratic and free, concerned with social issues, and he welcomed every progress of the times with the enthusiasm and seriousness inherent in truth.

He poured out his education and great help to Marx, who was also a teacher and a friend, and he gave Marx spiritual food that he could not get in his own home, so that Marx saw and learned what no school could give when he was a child.

From an early age, Marx often went to the old Westwarn home to play, and from him he received the influence of liberal democratic ideas and the influence of literary cultivation. The elder Wester Warren was very optimistic about the gifted Marx, and favored marx as a child, he treated Marx like his own children and students, and he and Marx also formed a deep friendship. Marx honored him as he respected his father. Later, Westwarn Sr. firmly supported Yanni's marriage to Marx. Westwarn Sr. always answered in a timely manner the questions that Marx (including after he entered secondary school) about the socio-political events of that time, the feudal absolutism, and the strong contrast between rich and poor, and Marx also heard a name from him for the first time: Saint-Simon, the master of French utopian socialism.

Old Westwarn was very knowledgeable, fluent in many languages, and was able to recite chapters of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey in English and German. Westerwald Sr. often took Marx out for a walk, told him stories of ancient heroes, recited to him in large sections the masterpieces of ancient and modern literature, and told him poems and monologues from Shakespeare's works, and it was then that Marx began to have a preference for poetry and a lifelong love for Shakespeare.

Later, in order to express his respect for old Westwarn, Marx gave him his doctoral literature.

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The third person who was most enlightened and influential on Marx's education in childhood was his mother, Hélida Presburg, a dutch descendant.

It is said that her family later founded the world-famous Philips company in the Netherlands, becoming one of the world's few richest people. Philips whiskers and Philips washing machines sold on the market are products made by the Marx family.

Hanlida believed in Judaism, and she molded her image according to the biblical principle of love between husband and wife, and had a gentle personality and was good at running the family. She was so attached to her parents' family that she never even learned to speak German properly throughout her life. Her life's range of activities was almost entirely confined to her own family, with her husband and children all she had. Marx called Hanlida a man who "gave his whole child to love and loyalty."

She nourished Marx's heart with the most selfless love, and also made him know fraternity, dedication, dedication and sacrifice from an early age. Both she and Marx's father wanted Marx to inherit his father's business and be a learned and respected man like his father—a lawyer or a judge.

Because Hanlida could only speak Dutch all her life, she always felt that she was living like a stranger in Trier, and the spiritual world was relatively narrow, which naturally caused her to devote too much energy to the development and education of Marx's thought, so that when Marx graduated from college, her mother failed to understand for the rest of her life why her son, who had always been brilliant and talented, gave up his profession as a lawyer with a high social status and a well-paid teaching job to do boring, poor and adventurous business.

Later, she saw that Marx's family was living a very difficult and poor life, and often nagged in a complaining tone: "How good it would be if little Karl could accumulate a sum of capital instead of writing a book about what capital (Capital") !" ”