Man's pursuit of an ideal society.

Harmonious society is the ideal society pursued by human beings.

Since ancient times, mankind has been longing for and pursuing a stable and harmonious society of "national prosperity and people's security", "political integrity and harmony" and "living and working in peace and contentment". In other words, a harmonious society is a social ideal pursued by human beings for thousands of years. Harmony is an ideal realm that people have been pursuing since ancient times, and it is also a beautiful life state that people yearn for.

Ideal of Harmonious Society in Chinese and Western Cultures

In the cultural tradition of China, China people have been pursuing the social ideal of "Great Harmony in the World". As early as 2,500 years ago, Confucius, a great thinker, felt the reality that the world was in decline, the people were in poverty, the Zhou family was declining, and the vassal regime was divided, and put forward the social ideal of "one family under the world": people pay attention to honesty, benevolence, harmony and equality; Social property belongs to the public, the whole society is rich and healthy, and it is a peaceful, harmonious and peaceful social scene ... In modern times, Sun Yat-sen established the social ideal of "the world is for the public" and "the world is a family" at the critical moment of national survival.

The west has also put forward the ideal of building a harmonious society. From the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras and Plato's Republic to Fourier's One World and Owen's New Harmonious Commune, people's yearning for a harmonious and beautiful society is reflected. In a word, no matter in the East or the West, in the society where "the world is home, all relatives and all descendants", all kinds of ideas for building a harmonious society have not been realized, and they can only be daydreams or utopias.

Building a harmonious society and conforming to the historical trend

The fourth plenary session of the 16th CPC Central Committee proposed to build a harmonious socialist society, which further expanded and enriched the requirement of "a more harmonious society" for building a well-off society in an all-round way established at the 16th CPC National Congress. Comrade Hu Jintao put forward that "the socialist harmonious society we want to build should be a society of democracy and rule of law, fairness and justice, honesty and friendship, full of vitality, stability and order, and harmony between man and nature", which is our initial guiding ideology for building a harmonious society.

The so-called "harmonious society" refers to a society with a balanced social structure, a well-functioning social system, mutual coordination, mutual love and assistance among people, members of society doing their best, each in his place, and harmonious development between man and nature. And social harmony, first of all, refers to the comprehensive coordination of economy, politics and culture.

At the beginning of the new century, our party put forward the idea of building a harmonious society in time, which not only meets the objective requirements of China's reform and development entering a critical period, but also embodies the fundamental interests and common aspirations of the broad masses of the people.

Emphasizing harmony is the social ideal pursued by Chinese sages and is one of the basic spirits of Chinese culture. Rich in connotation and full of great wisdom. Our country has always had "reciprocity, harmony is precious;" Wang Zhidao comes first, Sri Lanka is beautiful ","those who live in harmony but differ, the family is rich and the people are strong, those who live in harmony but differ, the Ministry of Personnel ","politics and the people "and" being a good neighbor is a national treasure ".

China's traditional culture emphasizes harmony, and China people want peace, unity and stability, so they have long-term expectations. Qin Shihuang unified the whole country after the Warring States, the Tang Dynasty after the turmoil in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the national integration of Han, Tang and Qing Dynasties, and the humiliating unity and harmony of People's Republic of China (PRC) since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Therefore, the harmonious spirit of China culture is conducive to the growth of progressive forces, national unity and national unity, and social progress and development.

From the standpoint of the broad masses of the people

China's traditional culture advocates "harmony", as a profound philosophy to adjust social contradictions to a moderate, timely and moderate harmonious state, which embodies rich ideological connotation and cultural rationality, and has indeed brought stability and peace to the Chinese nation and played a positive role in its historical development. It can be said that building a rich and peaceful society, where everyone can do his best, live in harmony and be full of vitality, has been the dream pursued by the Chinese nation for thousands of years. The great harmony society advocated in traditional culture is actually an idea of the ancients to build a harmonious society.

Of course, this beautiful idea is far from the ideal of socialist harmonious society of producers. Therefore, we should always proceed from the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, seek the best way to solve social contradictions, gradually build the best system for the benign operation of political power, further expand people's orderly political participation, effectively guarantee people's exercise of democratic rights according to law, give full play to people's enthusiasm, initiative and creativity, and promote harmonious relations between the party and the masses. Building a harmonious socialist society depends to a great extent on the good traditions and modern advanced ideological and moral qualities of all members of society, and requires everyone in society to have good personal virtues and mental psychology to ensure social harmony, order and tranquility.