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What is the national spirit of China?

The Chinese national spirit is a profound ideological system, and its core content (basic concept) is the great spirit of creation, great spirit of struggle, great spirit of unity and great spirit of dreams with patriotism as the core.

In addition, the scientific spirit of seeking truth from facts, the sacrifice spirit of risking one's life and forgetting one's death, the ethical spirit of respecting the elderly, the innovative spirit of advancing with the times, the entrepreneurial spirit of hard struggle and the harmonious spirit of harmony between man and nature are all rich ideological materials for us to understand and grasp the spirit of the Chinese nation.

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The earliest book devoted to Huaxia-Han nationalism was the Spring and Autumn Annals compiled by Confucius, as well as the later annotations on the Spring and Autumn Annals: Three Biographies of the Spring and Autumn Annals.

The core of China's nationalism is "the distinction between Chinese and foreigners", that is, we should distinguish between Chinese and foreigners in everything, that is, we should stand on the standpoint of Huaxia-Han nationality or barbarians.

In Spring and Autumn Annals and Mountain Biography, according to the standpoint of China people, relatives and friends are divided as follows: first there is the home country, then there is a foreign country; First the Chinese nation, then the barbarians. Although barbarians invaded the Chinese nation many times during the separatist turmoil, Spring and Autumn Annals constantly praised national unity and national unity (only referring to the unity of all Chinese countries), constantly condemned the acts of undermining unity, and constantly condemned barbarians' harassment and invasion of all Chinese countries.