Taste the fragrance of books and cultivate the noble spirit; Understand the charm of books and cultivate the morality of politics.
April 23 is the 26th World Reading Day. On different occasions at home and abroad, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly described his "indissoluble bond" with books, calling on everyone to love reading, read good books, be good at reading, "take learning as a pursuit, a hobby, a healthy lifestyle, and be eager to learn".
April and spring are just in time for reading. Read together how the General Secretary "knows, likes to learn, and enjoys learning" to jointly improve the level of thought, solve practical problems, and achieve self transcendence.
Be tireless in learning
"I am ashamed of knowing nothing, and I am thirsty for knowledge"
From the cave dwellings of Liangjiahe Village to the classrooms of Tsinghua University, from the local to the central, Xi Jinping has always seized every opportunity to study with the spirit of "knowing nothing, being ashamed of it, and being thirsty for knowledge".
In 1969, Xi Jinping came to Liangjiahe Village, Wen'anyi Town, Yan'an from Beijing, and worked for seven years. When he came to Liangjiahe, he took a heavy box of books with him. Working in the daytime, reading while working and resting, and reading on the loess slope when herding sheep... At night, I study hard under the kerosene lamp until late at night. In the memory of villagers, Xi Jinping often reads "books as thick as bricks" while eating.
In February 2003, Zhejiang Daily added a special column - Zhijiang Xinyu. During his tenure as the secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, Xi Jinping published 232 essays in the column of Zhijiang Xinyu under the pseudonym of "Zhexin".
Among them, in the article "Read More to Cultivate Political Morality", he said that, "We should really regard reading as a kind of attitude towards life, a kind of responsibility for work, a kind of spiritual pursuit, and a kind of realm requirement, so that all useful knowledge and all honest culture can enter our minds, be precipitated in our blood, and be integrated into our political behavior, so as to achieve self-cultivation and prudence, cultivate morality and self-respect, be upright and upright, be honest and self disciplined, refuse to corrupt, never touch, and always maintain the Communist Party members "
There is a limit to my life, and there is no limit to my knowledge. On March 1, 2013, in his speech at the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Central Party School and the opening ceremony of the 2013 spring semester, Xi Jinping pointed out that "in the agricultural era, a person can spend a lifetime reading books for several years; in the industrial economy era, a person can spend a lifetime reading books for more than ten years; In the era of knowledge economy, one must study all his life to keep up with the pace of the times. If we do not strive to improve our knowledge literacy in all aspects, unconsciously learn all kinds of scientific and cultural knowledge, and do not take the initiative to speed up knowledge updating, optimize the knowledge structure, and broaden our horizons and horizons, it will be difficult to enhance our skills, and there will be no way to win initiative, win advantages, and win the future. "
No matter how busy he is, he always keeps the habit of reading. "Now, what I can often do is to read books, which has become a way of life for me. Reading books can keep people alive, inspire people with wisdom, and nourish people with noble spirit." Xi Jinping answered in an exclusive interview with Russian TV in Sochi, Russia, on February 7, 2014.
Good at reading and learning
"All aspects of human life can be inspired by literary and artistic works"
Reading is well done. Xi Jinping, a "fan", takes into account the "horizontal" and "vertical" aspects of reading when choosing reading content.
The "horizontal" of reading, extensive reading and extensive content——
Xi Jinping often quotes excellent Chinese traditional cultural classics such as The Analects of Confucius, Historical Records, Spring and Autumn Annals, Hanshu, Warring States Policy, etc. It can be seen that he has extensive knowledge of Chinese literature. In addition, Xi Jinping has also read a lot of foreign literary classics.
"With respect to knowledge of economy, politics, history, culture, society, science and technology, military affairs, diplomacy and other aspects, leading cadres should combine their work needs to learn and constantly improve their knowledge and professionalism." On March 1, 2013, Xi Jinping said in his speech at the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Central Party School and the opening ceremony of the 2013 spring semester.
The "vertical" of reading, deep reading, professional skills——
——From the perspective of age, how can we persevere and study tirelessly regardless of age?
At the opening ceremony of the second batch of refresher courses and special seminars in the spring semester of 2009 of the Central Party School, Xi Jinping delivered a speech entitled "Leaders should love to read books, read good books and be good at reading" to "persuade readers" of different ages to learn.
"When you are young, you have a good memory and strong receptivity, so you should pay close attention to reading some good books that have a key role and decisive impact on your lifelong growth. When you are middle-aged, you have strong energy and broad vision, so you should strive to expand the breadth and depth of reading, and lay a solid foundation for learning all your life. When you are old, you have plenty of time and experience. You should have the spirit of perseverance, the attitude of constantly reading, and the energy of never getting tired of reading. In the world of reading, you can feel life and forget worries with joy. "
——From the professional level, in the vast number of books, how to master reading methods, skillfully read, read good books?
"On the one hand, we should use 'ingenuity' to read books, read skillfully, read realistically, read deeply, understand choices, pay attention to thinking, do not be a bookworm, and do not let harmful information fill our minds; on the other hand, we should not read books too easily, do not understand them well, swallow them hastily, grasp the essence, and grasp the essence." Xi Jinping mentioned this in "Zhijiang Xinyu".
As for how to read good books for leading cadres, Xi Jinping said that generally speaking, leading cadres should read the following three books. First, contemporary Chinese Marxist theoretical works. Second, all kinds of knowledge books necessary for leadership. Third, excellent traditional culture books at all times and in all over the world.
Be willing to study and apply
"Seeing is better than hearing, and doing is better than seeing"
From "learning from paper is always shallow, and knowing that this matter must be practiced" to "hearing is not as good as seeing, and seeing is not as good as practicing", Xi Jinping quoted these ancient words many times to illustrate the importance of reading and practice.
In reading, "improving the level of thought, solving practical problems, and achieving self transcendence" has always been a part of his study.
Reading is inseparable from thinking——
Learning without thinking is labor lost. Only by constantly learning to "think" in reading can knowledge be constantly learned, constantly updated and used for its own purposes.
"The process of reading and learning is actually a process of continuous thinking and cognition. Thinking is the deepening of reading, the necessity of cognition, and the key to reading books alive." Xi Jinping believes that, "Leading cadres should focus on improving their ideological level, enhancing their working ability, improving their knowledge structure, and improving their spiritual realm, and choose books that are closely related to the work they are engaged in and have hobbies and interests to read, so as to achieve the best reading effect in a limited time."
Reading is inseparable from practice——
The purpose of learning is to apply, and its fundamental purpose is to enhance working skills and improve the level of solving practical problems.
"When leading cadres adhere to the combination of reading and application, they must enhance their application ability in the process of reading and improve their reading level in the process of application," Xi Jinping said.
As for leading cadres, how to strengthen the application of knowledge? Xi Jinping said that efforts should be strengthened in three aspects: "Be brave in practice and transform knowledge into ability", "Use theory and knowledge to transform the objective world", and "Use theory and knowledge to transform the subjective world consciously".
On June 24, 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his speech at the 15th collective learning of the 19th Political Bureau of the Central Committee that "we should work hard on self-improvement, consciously learn from books, practice and the people".
Reading and thinking, learning and practice complement each other. Only when reading is "erudite, interrogative, deliberate, discerning, and committed" can we improve our work level and increase the effectiveness of our work.
The starting point and the whole process of reading and studying also reflect the problem orientation, goal orientation and result orientation. We should start with problems and take solving problems as the learning goal, so as to achieve the realm of peace and harmony.
Study together to learn from history
"The history of the Party is the most vivid and persuasive textbook"
At the important time node of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, there are higher requirements on how to combine reading with practice——
"We should combine the learning of the Party history with summing up experience, looking at reality and promoting work, transform the learning results into work motivation and effectiveness, and prevent the" two skins "between learning and work. This time, the learning and education of the Party history should be combined with solving practical problems, and carry out the practical activity of" I do practical things for the masses "." On February 20, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping's eloquent words at the party history learning, education and mobilization conference are a vivid embodiment of the integration of reading, learning, thinking and practice.
At the party history learning, education and mobilization conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping also stressed that "we should encourage the creation of literary and artistic works on the subject of party history, especially film and television works, carefully organize the publication and distribution of publications on the subject of party history, and give play to the important role of the Internet in the propaganda of party history."
A hundred years is just in its prime. In view of the past and the future, we should learn more from books, take history as a mirror, and take history as a mirror. On March 15, a symposium on the publication of books for learning and education of party history and a mobilization meeting for special propaganda were held. Four books have been added to the learning "book list" - Xi Jinping's On the History of the Communist Party of China, excerpts of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao's exposition on the history of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping's question and answer on learning socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, and a brief history of the Communist Party of China.
At the same time, under the guidance of the Leading Group Office for Party History Learning and Education, the official website for Party History Learning and Education and the official WeChat official account "Party History Learning and Education" were officially launched. On the "Party History Bookshelf" of the website, all kinds of books on learning and education of Party history are clearly displayed; The official WeChat official account learns books such as A Brief History of the Communist Party of China with readers in a variety of forms, such as "combination of listening and learning". Books open up reading channels and enter human life step by step from "paper" to "online".
Only by understanding history can we see far, and only by understanding history can we go far. Standing at a new starting point, we should "learn from history to make sense, learn from history to increase credibility, learn from history to respect morality, and learn from history to practice" in our reading and learning, and implement the spirit of learning tirelessly, learning methodically, and learning to apply, so as to improve our intelligence, cultivate our morality, and increase our talents by learning.
Let reading light up life and write a new chapter with practice.
