Pathways for the Theoretical Elaboration of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture

Since Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture was put forward, academia and the theoretical community have extensively focused on its generative logic, scientific connotations, distinctive features, historical evolution, original contributions, and value implications, conducting in-depth research and elucidation that have powerfully advanced the theoretical study and practical development of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture. From the progress of research, there are still shortcomings in research topics, research content, and research methods, making it necessary to further advance the systematic and theoretical elaboration of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture.

从习近平文化思想提出以来，学术界和理论界广泛聚焦于习近平文化思想的生成逻辑、科学内涵、鲜明特征、历史演进、原创贡献、价值意蕴等方面进行了深入研究和阐发，有力推进了习近平文化思想理论研究与实践发展。从研究推进情况看，在研究论题、研究内容和研究方法等方面仍然存在短板，需要进一步推进习近平文化思想的体系化学理化阐释。

Enriching Research Methods

丰富研究方法

Adhere to the worldview and methodology of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the fundamental guide, uphold the systems concept, and adhere to the methodological pathway of the Two Integrations [1]1 The Two Integrations (两个结合) refers to the integration of the basic tenets of Marxism with China’s specific realities and with the best of fine traditional Chinese culture.. From the perspective of linking history and reality, and combining theory and practice, continuously advance systematic and theoretical elaboration, promoting the integration and transformation of political discourse and academic discourse. Adhere to a panoramic research approach, situating the study of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture within the theoretical system of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, properly handling the relationship between thematic exposition and systematic research, the relationship between Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture as a whole and the thoughts in various subfields, and the relationship between the internal structural elements of this thought system and the system as a whole. While clarifying the internal logic, relationships, and structure of this thought system, also advance scholarly, holistic research.

坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的世界观和方法论为根本遵循，坚持系统观念，坚持“两个结合”的路径方法，从历史和现实相贯通、理论和实践相结合的视角不断推进体系化学理化阐释，推动政治话语和学术话语融通转化。坚持全景式研究，将习近平文化思想置于习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的理论体系之中研究，处理好专题阐释与系统化研究的关系，处理好作为整体的习近平文化思想与各分领域思想的关系，处理好习近平文化思想的内部要素结构与系统整体的关系，厘清这一思想体系内部逻辑、关系和结构的同时，还应推进学理性、整体性研究。

Comparative research is an important method for theoretical study. It is necessary to establish a grand view of history, studying the historical evolution of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture from the dimensions of the “Four Histories” [2]2 The “Four Histories” (四史) refers to the history of the Communist Party of China, the history of the People’s Republic of China, the history of reform and opening up, and the history of the development of socialism., and through comparison, elucidate the theoretical advantages of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture in adhering to the Two Integrations, conforming to the trends of the times, and meeting the aspirations of the people. Conducting comparative studies between China and the West requires grasping commonalities while recognizing particularities, integrating beneficial resources from ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign sources to strengthen systematic and theoretical elaboration, and promoting a revolution in terminology and international dissemination. Adhere to historical materialism as the guide, take the exposition of the principles, theories, and philosophies contained in Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture as the logical thread, closely link the core propositions of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture with the historical development of China, connect them with the conceptual discourse of fine traditional Chinese culture, and advance the exposition and response to practical issues.

比较研究是进行理论研究的重要方法。需要树立大历史观，从“四史”维度研究习近平文化思想的历史演进，在比较中阐明习近平文化思想坚持“两个结合”、顺应时代潮流、符合人民意愿的理论优势。进行中西比较研究要在把握个性的同时探索共性，融通古今中外有益资源加强体系化学理化阐释，推动术语革命和国际化传播。坚持以唯物史观为指导，以阐释习近平文化思想蕴含的道理学理哲理为逻辑主线，把习近平文化思想的核心命题与中国历史发展紧密联系起来，与中华优秀传统文化的概念话语贯通起来，推进对现实问题的阐释与回应。

In terms of qualitative research, current theoretical research on Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture mostly adopts the literature research method. It is also necessary to widely employ qualitative research methods such as historical research, textual analysis, oral history, and field investigation. In terms of quantitative research, by using quantitative research tools and digital-intelligent technologies to empower the visual, graphic, vivid, and everyday-life dissemination of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture, enhance the scientific nature of the research paradigm, the comprehensiveness of research methods, and the diversity of research perspectives on Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture.

在定性研究方面，目前理论界对于习近平文化思想的研究多采用文献研究法，还应广泛运用历史研究法、文本分析法、口述史研究法、田野调查法等定性研究方法。在定量研究方面，要通过使用定量研究工具和数智技术赋能习近平文化思想的视觉化、图像化呈现以及形象化和生活化传播，提升习近平文化思想研究范式的科学性、研究方法的综合性和研究视角的多元性。

Deepening Research Content

深拓研究内容

From an ontological perspective, focus on the main themes and threads, clarify the main content and logical structure, elucidate the basic connotations, modes of thinking, core essence, and theoretical contributions of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture, and grasp the principles, theories, and philosophies embedded within. Through systematic sorting and scientific exposition of relevant concepts, categories, and viewpoints in General Secretary Xi Jinping’s series of important speeches, instructions, and authoritative documents of the Party Central Committee, clarify the core essence, practical requirements, historical status, and global contributions, and construct the theoretical system, academic system, and discourse system of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture. From an epistemological perspective, through analysis of the constituent elements of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture, such as its content, objectives, methods, and pathways, continuously deepen the understanding of the laws governing the development of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics. To develop socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, it is necessary to adhere to the guidance of Marxism, strengthen cultural confidence, uphold the Two Integrations, and persist in the creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture.

从本体论角度，聚焦主题主线，明确主要内容及逻辑结构，阐明习近平文化思想的基本内涵、思维方法、核心要义和理论贡献，把握蕴含其中的道理学理哲理。通过对习近平总书记系列重要讲话、指示以及党中央权威文献中的相关概念、范畴、观点等进行系统梳理和科学阐释，阐明核心要义、实践要求、历史地位、世界贡献，构建习近平文化思想的理论体系、学术体系和话语体系。从认识论角度，通过对习近平文化思想的内容、目标、方法、途径等构成要素的分析，不断深化对中国特色社会主义文化建设的规律性认识。发展中国特色社会主义文化，必须坚持以马克思主义为指导，坚定文化自信，坚持“两个结合”，坚持对中华优秀传统文化的创造性转化和创新性发展。

From an axiological perspective, research on Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture must always insist that cultural construction focuses on people and serves the comprehensive development of individuals, enabling cultural construction to effectively address the principal contradiction in society [3]3 The principal contradiction in society (社会主要矛盾) is the contradiction between unbalanced and inadequate development and the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life, as defined at the 19th National Congress of the CPC., respond to the people’s spiritual and cultural needs, promote the construction of a new form of human civilization, and further highlight the theoretical value and original contributions of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture. From a methodological perspective, based on the combination of macro and micro levels, integrate the perspectives of cultural understanding at the individual, national, and human levels to deeply comprehend Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture, deeply excavate the worldview and methodology concerning cultural thought within Marxist theory, and construct the methods and theoretical system for studying Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture. From a practical perspective, realize the transformation from theoretical research to theoretical application, insist on understanding Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture from the perspective of the Two Integrations, conduct theoretical elaboration and popular dissemination of political discourse mainly carried by important speeches, instructions, talks, and documents, profoundly elucidate the series of new viewpoints and new judgments such as the “Nine Persistences,” the “Seven Efforts,” the “Fourteen Emphases,” the “Important Expositions in Eleven Aspects,” and the “Plans and Deployments in Sixteen Aspects” [4]4 These are numbered lists of policy guidelines and theoretical propositions from speeches and documents by Xi Jinping and the Party Central Committee, used to systematize cultural work and, promote the transformation of political discourse into scholarly discourse and everyday-life discourse, and advance the dialectical unity of substance and function, theory and practice, and epistemology and methodology.

从价值论的角度，习近平文化思想研究要始终坚持文化建设着眼于人、服务于人的全面发展，使文化建设能够切实解决社会主要矛盾，回应人民精神文化需求，推动构建人类文明新形态，进一步彰显习近平文化思想的理论价值和原创贡献。从方法论的角度，立足宏观与微观相结合，综合个体、民族与人类的文化认识角度深入理解习近平文化思想，深入挖掘马克思主义理论中关于文化思想的世界观和方法论，构建研究习近平文化思想的方法和理论体系。从实践论角度，实现从理论研究向理论应用的转变，坚持从“两个结合”的视角理解习近平文化思想，对以重要讲话、批示、谈话、文件等为主要载体的政治话语进行学理化阐释和通俗化传播，深刻阐明“九个坚持”“七个着力”“十四个强调”“11个方面的重要论述”“16个方面的谋划和部署”等系列新观点新论断，推动政治话语向学理话语和生活话语转换，推进体与用、理论与实践、认识论与方法论辩证统一。

Consolidating Research Support

夯实研究支撑

Further consolidate the disciplinary support, team support, and platform support for research on Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture, pooling strong research synergy. In terms of disciplinary system construction, strengthen multidisciplinary collaborative research. Currently, research and exposition work on Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture is mainly concentrated in Marxist theory and related disciplines. However, Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture is a thought system involving multiple disciplines and fields, requiring the adoption of multidisciplinary and multi-perspective research methods, further enhancing the intensity of interdisciplinary research, effectively integrating interdisciplinary research forces, integrating the synergistic advantages of political science, law, literature, communication studies, philosophy, sociology, economics, and other disciplines, and innovating research outcomes and multidisciplinary academic exposition.

进一步夯实习近平文化思想研究的学科支撑、团队支撑和平台支撑，汇聚强大研究合力。在学科体系建设方面，加强多学科协同研究。当前，关于习近平文化思想的研究阐释工作主要集中在马克思主义理论及其相关学科，而习近平文化思想是涉及多学科、多领域的思想体系，需要采用多学科多视角的研究方式，进一步提升跨学科研究力度，有效整合跨学科研究力量，融通政治学、法学、文学、传播学、哲学、社会学、经济学等学科的协同优势，创新研究成果和多学科学术阐释。

In terms of disciplinary exchange platforms, construct professional and open academic exchange platforms. Think tank platforms possess unique advantages such as abundant talent resources, complete disciplinary categories, and solid disciplinary research. Through interdisciplinary research, conduct long-term and in-depth academic exchanges, provide multidisciplinary consultation and policy recommendations, improve comprehensive disciplinary research and overall effectiveness, and advance the systematic and theoretical elaboration of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture. By strengthening top-level policy design, optimizing the allocation of talent resources, and reforming and innovating cooperation mechanisms, build research platforms and work platforms, providing intellectual support and academic support for the theoretical elaboration and policy research of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture.

在学科交流平台方面，构建专业、开放的学术交流平台。智库平台具有人才资源丰富、学科门类齐全、学科研究扎实等独特优势，通过跨学科研究开展长期深入的学术交流，提供多学科咨询及政策建议，提高学科综合研究和整体效能，推进习近平文化思想体系化学理化阐释。通过加强政策顶层设计、优化人才资源配置、改革创新合作机制等方式建设研究平台和工作平台，为习近平文化思想的学理化阐释和政策研究提供智力支持、学术支持。

In terms of disciplinary team building, provide necessary talent support and conditional guarantees. Analysis of academic research teams and institutions on Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture reveals that cooperative research relationships between disciplines, teams, and institutions are relatively scattered. It is necessary to further promote in-depth exchange and collaborative tackling of key problems among disciplinary teams, utilize the theoretical methods of different disciplines and cross-regional complementary advantages for in-depth research, form interdisciplinary and cross-industry research teams, and rely on major topics and key projects to create collaborative and linked research teams. At the same time, leverage regional characteristics to promote cooperation between institutions, strengthen inter-regional exchanges, promote the systematic and sustainable development of research, and provide team support and talent support for advancing the research, exposition, and practical development of Xi Jinping’s Thought on Culture.

在学科队伍建设方面，提供必要的人才支持与条件保障。对学术界习近平文化思想研究团队和研究机构的分析可知，学科间、团队间和机构间的合作研究关系较为分散，应进一步促进学科队伍之间的深入交流和协同攻关，利用不同学科的理论方法、跨地区的优势互补进行深入研究，组建跨学科跨行业的研究团队，依托重大课题、攻关项目，形成协同联动的研究队伍。同时，还应发挥地域特色促进机构之间的合作，加强地域间的交流，促进研究的系统性和持续性发展，为推进习近平文化思想的研究阐释与实践发展提供队伍支持和人才支撑。

Advancing Research Application

推进研究应用

Accelerate the application and transformation of theoretical research results on Xi Jinping’s cultural thought into the curriculum system, textbook system, teaching system, talent cultivation system, and the development system of cultural undertakings. First, we must enhance the educational effectiveness of Xi Jinping’s cultural thought. We

加快推进习近平文化思想理论研究成果向课程体系、教材体系、教学体系、人才培养体系和文化建设事业发展体系应用转化。一要提升习近平文化思想的育人实效。我们应加快推进习近平文化思想融入思政课程与课程思政，从结合各门课程的教学内容出发，挖掘习近平文化思想的方法论指导意义，进一步创新课程思政教学指南。要以习近平文化思想为遵循，探讨大中小学思想政治教育一体化创新发展的文化动力，从文化规律的视角探讨大中小学思想政治教育一体化建设的内在规律，通过文化的浸润、感染和熏陶，探索大中小学思想政治教育一体化建设协同机制。二要提升习近平文化思想的引领效能。我们应结合新时代文化特征和文化需求，以习近平文化思想为指引，促进文化产业与文化事业及其他产业协同推进，做好内宣外宣工作，讲好中国故事。要着力推动建设具有强大凝聚力和引领力的社会主义意识形态，培育和践行社会主义核心价值观，加快构建中国特色哲学社会科学，提升新闻舆论传播力引导力影响力公信力，推动文化事业和文化产业繁荣发展，积极推进文物保护利用和文化遗产保护传承，赓续中华文脉，促进文明交流互鉴。

(The author is Dean and Professor of the School of Marxism at Jiangnan University)

（作者系江南大学马克思主义学院院长、教授）

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