A gentleman does not suffer from disrespect for his position, but from disrespect for his virtue.

　　　[Guangming Forum Review]

　　Author: Feng Yanli (special researcher of the New Era Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought Research Center, the supreme leader of China Academy of Social Sciences, and deputy director of the Institute of Philosophy)

　　The recently published 13th issue of Qiushi magazine published an important article by General Secretary of the Supreme Leader, "Strive to grow into a pillar talent who is loyal and reliable to the Party and the people and worthy of the heavy responsibility of the times". The article emphasizes that "young cadres are the hope of the development of the cause of the party and the state, and the party and the people have high hopes for you. Everyone must temper the political character of loyalty to the party, establish the feelings of the people’s home and country, pursue a noble and pure ideological realm, practice excellent skills that are worthy of heavy responsibilities, work hard for the cause of the party and the people, and leave a footprint of struggle without regrets in the new era and new journey! " When talking about "practicing excellent skills", the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader quoted the old saying that "a gentleman does not suffer from disrespect for his position, but from disrespect for virtue; It calls on young cadres to adhere to the combination of theory and practice, pay attention to learning true knowledge and understanding the true meaning in practice, and strengthen their ability to hone and grow.

　　"A gentleman doesn’t suffer from the disrespect of his position, but from the disrespect of his virtue; Not ashamed of Lu’s lack of cooperation, but ashamed of wisdom. " The phrase "Biography of Zhang Heng in the Later Han Dynasty" by Fan Ye in the Southern Song Dynasty means that a gentleman is not worried about the low status, but is afraid of the shallowness of virtue; Not ashamed of the lack of money, but ashamed of the lack of ability and political integrity. Zhang Heng was an outstanding scientist in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was famous for improving the armillary sphere and inventing the seismograph. He not only has the talent of learning from heaven and earth, but also has the ambition of prospering the country and helping the people. He is good at sizing up the situation and advancing and retreating moderately. Throughout his life, Zhang Heng was diligent in learning, upright, incorruptible and official, proficient in the Five Classics and six arts, and "was superior to the world without arrogance". He once declined to be a high-ranking official, but took a low position to help the virtuous master, to promote schools, revitalize rites and music, improve Ren Xian’s ability, change folk customs and promote production, which was quite praised by the people.

　　A hundred lines are headed by virtue. China has always attached importance to virtue, as the saying goes, a man without virtue cannot stand, and a country without virtue cannot prosper. According to Zuo Zhuan’s Twenty-four Years of Xianggong, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Sun Bao, the uncle of the State of Lu, put forward the theory of three immortals in life: "There is virtue in the world, followed by meritorious service, followed by making a statement", emphasizing virtue first. Kong Yingda defined Lide in Tang Dynasty: "Lide means creating vertical laws and giving alms to the masses". It can be seen that tempering virtue can lead by example and set an example for the world, and realize the ambition of saving the world and the people. On the contrary, if virtue is not in place, there will be disaster. As the book of changes under the copula points out, "virtue is thin and respected, knowledge is small and ambition is great, strength is small and heavy, and it is rare." Therefore, Confucius advocated "aiming at the Tao and relying on morality", and Sima Guang also emphasized "taking the heart as the foundation and self-cultivation as the foundation". Lide is the foundation of settling down and making contributions.

　　How can the vast party member stand as a virtue? When attending the deliberation of the Chongqing delegation at the First Session of the 13th National People’s Congress, General Secretary of the Supreme Leader emphasized that "leading cadres should stress political morality. Political morality is the vane of moral construction in the whole society. To establish political morality, we must be virtuous, keep public morality and be strict with private morality. " To be virtuous is to always stick to the political stance and build a solid foundation of ideals and beliefs. Ideals and beliefs are the spiritual "calcium" of communist party people. Without ideals and beliefs, ideals and beliefs are not firm, they will be mentally "calcium-deficient" and will get "rickets". Keeping public morality means adhering to the concept of building the party for the public and governing for the people, and adhering to the fundamental purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly. To be strict with personal morality means to be strict with self-cultivation, the use of power, and self-discipline, to dust off "ideological dust" frequently, to think about "greed and harm" and to break "thieves in the heart" frequently, to strictly restrain one’s conduct and behavior, to always maintain the political nature of being pragmatic and honest for the people, and to be an official in a clean and honest manner. The majority of leading cadres should always cultivate the virtue of politics, always think about the harm of greed, always be self-disciplined, and constantly improve their personal ideological realm and moral cultivation.

　　"Talent, the capital of virtue; Virtue is also handsome. " For communist party people, party spirit is the greatest virtue. At present, the education on studying and implementing the theme of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era is being carried out in all parts of the country in an orderly manner, with the general requirement of "learning thoughts, strengthening party spirit, emphasizing practice and building new achievements" as the general requirement, so as to promote the broad masses of party member cadres to strengthen theoretical study, constantly improve their ideological awareness and theoretical level, ensure political and party spirit firmness with theoretical sobriety, build a solid foundation of faith, supplement the calcium of spirit and stabilize the rudder of thought. While carrying out in-depth education on ideals and beliefs, revolutionary traditions and traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, we should continue to promote the education of party style and clean government, take the study of party rules and discipline in party constitution as an important part of party spirit education, combine internal cultivation with external constraints, and guide party member cadres to establish a correct view of power, achievements and career. In addition, party member cadres should not only match their positions with morality, but also with talents, so as to increase their talents through practice and tempering. As the saying goes, "Knife grinds on stone, and people practice on things", and learning is promoted by learning and learning by doing.

　　The great cause of the party and the people needs a large number of good cadres who are loyal and clean and have both ability and political integrity. Throughout the history of the party in the past century, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has always attached great importance to the party spirit cultivation and skill experience of leading cadres. Comrade Mao Zedong once earnestly pointed out: "To cultivate a large number of people, these people are the vanguard of the revolution. These people have political foresight. These people are full of fighting spirit and sacrifice spirit. These people are frank, loyal, positive and upright. These people do not seek personal gain, but only for the liberation of the nation and society. " Groups of strugglers with both ability and political integrity have participated in and witnessed the brilliant victories and achievements of the country in various historical stages. In the new journey of building a strong country and national rejuvenation, it is also inseparable from the tens of millions of strugglers’ commitment, determination and unity, so as to win even greater victories and more brilliant glory for the country and the nation.

　　Guangming Daily (11th edition, August 14th, 2023)