Xi Jinping: A country that destroys people must first remove its history

On January 5, 2013, President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the seminar on studying and implementing the spirit of the 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, pointing out that if major political issues are not handled properly, they will have serious political consequences. He said: "If a country that destroys people, one must first remove the history.

Xi Jinping attaches great importance to history. During the 18th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on October 13, 2014, President Xi Jinping emphasized that keeping in mind historical experiences, history lessons and historical warnings will be provided with useful reference for the modernization of national governance capabilities. It has lasted for more than 5,000 years. We should have more respect and more thinking about Chinese civilization.

The Chinese nation has always been a nation that attaches great importance to history, which is a very important cultural tradition for us. The sequel to Ding'an of the Qing Dynasty, Dayuli said: "If you want to know the great way, you must first be a history. If you destroy a country, you must first get rid of it. History. "Understanding history means understanding the great way of the world; grasping history means grasping social laws. And to make a nation destruction, the primary method is to let its historical view disappear - trampling on national history, deconstructing national culture, and cleaning up national confidence, Destroy national identity.

So, why do Chinese people attach so much importance to history in their own cultural consciousness?

(I) The significance of cultural structure

First, history has architectural significance in Chinese culture.

According to the academic system, Chinese traditional culture can be divided into four major categories: "classic, history, and collections". When it comes to "classic, history, and collections", it covers all the content of Chinese culture in an academic sense.

The classics refer specifically to Confucian culture. Because since the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, Confucian culture has surpassed the various schools of thought and became the mainstream ideology in ancient Chinese society. In all dynasties, Confucianism has been regarded as a social development. The ethics of the system are considered to be the mainstay of the ideological and cultural circles, so Confucianism is regarded as the "Classic" - the scriptures, which originally meant the constant and vertical "Classic threads" during the weaving process in ancient times (judging from the current meridian threads on the earth). ); The extended meaning of "Classic" is standard, constant; the content that can be classified as "Classic" is the idea of ​​establishing standards, and constant theory. Confucian classics are called "classics", Confucian theory, It is "Study of Constitution".

History is a historical book. The "official history" in Chinese history, from the record of the Han Dynasty greater than the historical records of the Han Dynasty to the last feudal dynasty that are larger than the draft of the Qing Dynasty, which is collectively called "206 Histories".

Because Confucianism in the Department of the Classics is the general idea that guides social development and is an abstract academic theory; therefore, the records in the Department of History become historical facts that confirm Confucianism's thoughts and are a concrete story interpretation. "Classics" and "History" argues and supports each other, explains the experience of rise and fall, success and failure, summarizes the constant laws of social development, and demonstrates the role of Confucian theory in the vicissitudes of history.

Therefore, the characteristics of Chinese historiography are: writing "history" is also discussing "classics"; saying "things" is also about "reason". Therefore, we can see that the Records of the Grand Historian is greater than the inside, "Taishi Gong said", and Zizhi Tongjian is greater than the inside There is "Min Guang said", which is all the reasons why the author of historical books talks about historical facts and then discusses the gains and losses. The ideological theory that historians based on at the theoretical level is Confucian culture. Therefore, we can also see that many A great historian is a great Confucian scholar, such as Sima Qian, the "Taishi Gong" who is greater than the record of the Grand Historian, and Sima Guang, the "Chief Guang" who is greater than the record of the Zizhi Tongjian.

The History Department uses the real interpretation of history to confirm whether the correctness of the use of Confucianism in all dynasties in governing the country. The classics use theory to speak; history uses facts to prove it.

Zibu refers to what people often call "all schools of thought". In the pre-Qin era, hundreds of schools of thought contend and a hundred flowers bloomed; in the next two thousand years, Confucianism was the mainstay and was determined to be one. However, the ideas of various schools of thought were not due to Confucianism. From then on, they have become a necessary supplement and interactive balance of Confucian culture. Because if a society has only one kind of thought, it will gradually become rigid and become dead, and the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought are the same as those of Confucianism. Only by raising the common garden of Chinese culture can Chinese culture be endless and lively and powerful. For example, if Confucianism enters the world, there will be Taoism, there will be Confucian benevolence, which is the love of Mohism, and there will be Confucianism. The rule of virtue is the rule of law of the Legalists. Therefore, the importance of Zibu to Chinese culture is not how to fight for "a hundred schools of thought", but how to fight for "a hundred schools of thought". Each school has a common voice and different sound effects of each school, It has gathered into a national chorus with 8-sounding sounds and harmony among Chinese culture.

The Collection refers to all cultures and arts, including poetry, essays, operas, novels, etc.

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