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Chapter 88 Scientific Treatises on Chinese Revolutionary Theory

Chapter 87 Scientific Treatise on Chinese Revolutionary Theory: "On New Democracy"

"On New Democracy" is Mao Zedong's main representative work on the theory of new democratic revolution.

The two different historical periods and historical categories of democracy and new democracy are distinguished.new democratic revolution period

The program, principles and policies of the Communist Party of China on political, economic, cultural and other issues.How to solve the new democratic revolution

Transformation of fate to socialist revolution, refuted some erroneous ideas on these issues, and conceived the victory of the Chinese revolution
The basic model for building a new society and a new country in the future.

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毛泽东(1893年12月26日～1976年9月9日)，字润之，湖南湘潭人。马列主义者，中国共产党

, the great leader and mentor of the Chinese people of all nationalities.

"On New Democracy" is Mao Zedong's speech at the first congress of the Cultural Association of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region on January 1940, 1.
Originally titled "New Democratic Politics and New Democratic Culture", it was published in "Chinese Literature" published in Yan'an on February 1940, 2.
"Chemicalization" inaugural issue.When the 2th and 25th issues of "Liberation" published in Yan'an were published together on February 98 of the same year, the title was changed to "New Democracy"
"On Doctrine", each part of the text has additional subtitles, which are still in use today.In this work, Mao Zedong's contribution to the Chinese democratic revolution

A series of fundamental issues have made a scientific analysis of Marxism, and systematically expounded the theory of New Democracy.
The combination of righteous theory and Chinese revolutionary practice marks the maturity of Mao Zedong Thought.

After the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered into a stalemate, the Japanese aggressors changed their previous aggressive policy, and on the one hand, shifted the focus of their attack to

In the liberated areas behind enemy lines led by the Communist Party, on the one hand, they adopted a policy of mainly politically inducing surrender and supplemented by military strikes against the Kuomintang.

Intensified the surrender-inducing activities against the Kuomintang.Although the national bourgeoisie expressed dissatisfaction with the dictatorship of the Kuomintang and the ineffectiveness of the War of Resistance,
However, they also had doubts about the Communist Party's proposition and the future of the War of Resistance, and tried to use the contradiction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to improve their own political situation.
Political and economic status, fantasizing about taking another path besides the political views of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and establishing a European-American style in China after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

bourgeois republic.This cast a shadow over the Chinese revolution, thus making the people of the whole country worry about the future of the Anti-Japanese War and the fate of the country.
Luck is very worrying.

At the same time, within the Communist Party of China, although Wang Ming's right-leaning capitulationism was criticized by the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Party, it has basically been eliminated.
However, the erroneous understanding of basic issues such as the nature and future of the Chinese revolution has not been completely corrected.at the same time

Although the party ranks have developed greatly since the Anti-Japanese War, their theoretical level is not balanced.

What is the nature of the revolution, the Chinese revolution should be divided into several steps, and what kind of revolution will China build after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War?

What kind of country and other issues, lack of a clear understanding, many people still can not distinguish between the true Three People's Principles and fake Three People's Principles, some of the same
Chi is still confused by the so-called "one revolution theory".The illusion is that the democratic revolution and the socialist revolution are "consummated in one battle."all

All this shows that the party lacks a scientific and unified understanding of the theory and policy of the Chinese revolution.

In order to completely smash the anti-communist propaganda of the Kuomintang diehards, break the naive illusions of the national bourgeoisie, and clarify
Mao Zedong wrote this important work to point out the correct development direction of the Chinese revolution.

Revealing the Law of Revolutionary Development to Guide China's Revolutionary Practice

In "On New Democracy", Mao Zedong scientifically analyzed the social nature and historical characteristics of China, and revealed the development of the Chinese revolution.
The basic law of development shows that the Chinese revolution must be divided into two stages, the new-democratic revolution and the socialist revolution, and criticizes
The idea of ​​"doing all the work in one battle" that confuses the tasks of the two stages with the fallacy of establishing a bourgeois dictatorship in China points to a new
The essence of the democratic revolution is led by the proletariat, based on the alliance of workers and peasants, popular among the people, anti-imperialist and anti-feudal

The revolution stipulates the political, economic and cultural inclusions of the new democratic revolution, thus scientifically answering the question of where China is going.
a major historical issue.

This work is divided into 15 sections. First, it expounds the historical inevitability of China's new democratic revolution.Mao Zedong believed that China

The historical process of revolution must be divided into two steps, the first step is the democratic revolution, the second step is the socialist revolution
, These are two revolutionary processes of different nature.The so-called democracy is no longer the old category of democracy, but the new

The category of democracy is new democracy.

The characteristics of the era of world revolution also determine that China's democratic revolution must be a new democratic revolution.first imperialist
The victories of the world wars and the Russian October Revolution changed the direction of human history and divided the entire era of world history.

The changing times of the world revolution endowed the Chinese democratic revolution with new and special characteristics.Although China's democratic revolution was
The revolution of a new type of bourgeois democracy, not of proletarian socialism, but as it becomes proletarian

A great part of socialism, its first step is no longer general democracy, but Chinese-style, special
, The new type of democracy is new democracy.The first step, the first stage, of the Chinese revolution must never establish a bourgeois

Dictatorship, take the road of capitalism, but establish a new democracy under the joint dictatorship of various revolutionary classes headed by the Chinese proletariat
socialist society in order to complete its first stage, and then gradually develop to the second stage in order to establish a socialist society in China
society.

Second, it analyzes the problem that the new-democratic revolution must insist on the leadership of the proletariat.Mao Zedong pointed out that all classes in Chinese society

The historical status and interrelationships of the Communist Party of China determine that the revolution must be led by the proletariat.The Chinese bourgeoisie is divided into the big bourgeoisie and the
There are two parts of the national bourgeoisie. Among them, the big bourgeoisie is attached to international imperialism.
Colluding with feudalism inside is the enemy of the Chinese people, and of course it cannot lead the Chinese revolution.China's national bourgeoisie has

Duality: On the one hand, there is the enthusiasm to participate in the revolution, and on the other hand, it has the nature of compromise.This duality determines the Chinese people's
The national bourgeoisie cannot solve the two basic tasks of completely overthrowing imperialism and feudal forces in the Chinese revolution.therefore,
This responsibility has to fall on the shoulders of the proletariat.After the May [-]th Movement, the Chinese proletariat has grown into a conscious

enlightened and independent political force, and established a political party of its own class - the Communist Party of China, which put forward the idea of ​​thoroughly anti-imperialist and anti-feudalism

The democratic revolution program, carried out the agrarian revolution.This shows that the leadership responsibility of the Chinese revolution must be led by the proletariat,

Only under the leadership of the proletariat can the Chinese revolution be victorious.Without the leadership of the Communist Party of China, no revolution can

success.

Third, it effectively explained the relationship between the new democratic revolution and the socialist revolution, and pointed out the development of China's new democratic revolution.
The future of development must be socialism.The Chinese revolution must proceed in two steps.Mao Zedong pointed out the nature of China's current society, since it is
The colonial, semi-colonial, and semi-feudal nature determined that the Chinese revolution must be divided into two steps.first step, change
This colonial, semi-colonial, and semi-feudal social form turned it into an independent democratic society.second step,

Bring the revolution forward and build a socialist society.Although these two steps are two revolutionary processes of different nature, they must be
They must be connected with each other, and a stage of bourgeois dictatorship is not allowed to be interposed.Attempts in China to copy European and American bourgeois revolutions, establish

The dictatorship of the bourgeoisie and the capitalist road will not work.

Fourth, it comprehensively expounds the political program, economic program and cultural program of the new democratic revolution.Mao Zedong here based on Mark
It comprehensively expounds the dialectical relationship between economy, politics and culture.He said that a certain culture (as concept

Ideological culture) is a reflection of the politics and economy of a certain society, and it also exerts great influence and influence on the politics of a certain society.
and economy; while economy is the foundation, politics is the concentrated expression of economy.The politics, economy and culture of New Democracy, with

elements of socialism, but its nature is still new democratic.The combination of politics, economy and culture of New Democracy is
It is a democratic republic, a real Republic of China, and this is the new China that the Communist Party of China wants to create.new democracy
The socialist political program is to overthrow the reactionary rule of imperialism and feudalism and establish a
, based on the alliance of workers and peasants, a democratic republic under the joint dictatorship of anti-imperialist and anti-feudal people, that is, a new democratic republic

.

Fourth, point out that China's new democratic revolution is a revolution guided by communist ideology.China's new democratic revolution is the

KMT
part of the communist movement.In the new-democratic revolution, the guiding ideology is communist ideology.communist
Justice is the entire ideology of the proletariat and at the same time a new social system.This ideological system and social system are

What distinguishes it from any other system of thought and any other social system is the most complete, most progressive and most revolutionary system since the beginning of human history.

Life is the most reasonable.In leading the new-democratic revolution, the Communist Party of China must expand communist propaganda and step up Marxism

The study of Leninism, without this kind of propaganda and study, will not only be unable to lead the Chinese revolution to the future socialist stage, but will

And it cannot guide the current democratic revolution to victory.The promotion of communist ideology and the direct realization of the communist social system must be
degree of difference.Propaganda is guided by communist ideology, and it is to teach communists and the masses of the people to establish the victory of communism.

Faith, a firm determination to fight for communism for life; develop communist positions, viewpoints and methods to observe problems,
The style of handling work and training cadres.

"On New Democracy" is a great achievement of the combination of the universal truth of Marxism-Leninism and the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution.
Scientifically summed up the experience of the revolutionary struggles of the colonial and semi-colonial peoples in the era of imperialism and proletarian revolution, in a nutshell

Summarized the fresh experience of the Chinese revolution since the founding of the Communist Party of China, and for the first time in the history of the development of Marxism-Leninism, capital

The bourgeois democratic revolution is clearly divided into two historical categories, old and new.It profoundly and concretely expounds the theory of New Democracy
, enriched and completed the theory, line and corresponding set of specific policies of the new democratic revolution, formed a complete system, developed

Developed Marxism-Leninism. The publication of "On New Democracy" shattered the "theoretical" basis of the reactionaries at that time, thus

The first anti-communist upsurge launched by the Kuomintang was not only repulsed militarily, but also failed politically and ideologically.

At the same time, the theory of New Democracy clarified people's confused thoughts and made the whole party understand the nature, content, and leadership of China at this stage.
and development prospects have a clear understanding.The theory of new democratic revolution has become a guide for the Chinese people to consciously
It has played an inestimable and important guiding role in the victorious development of the Chinese revolution.

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