Our party has won the support and support of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people, and there is no political force in China that can replace the Communist Party of China. Our party's ruling foundation is very solid, but if the problem of work style is not solved well, there may be such a moment as "farewell to my concubine." We must have a sense of crisis.

——"Speech on Investigating and Guiding the Party's Mass Line Education and Practice Activities in Hebei" (July 11-12, 2013)

Further reading:

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu and his uncle Xiang Liang raised troops against Qin, and they were invincible all the way, breaking the Qin army in the Battle of Julu. After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu divided the world and canonized the princes of the Eighteen Roads. In the eyes of the world, Xiang Yu is outstanding in martial arts and courage, and he is a hero who can carry the top and pressure ten thousand people.

The Hongmen Banquet was an excellent time for Xiang Yu to kill Liu Bang. However, at the banquet, Xiang Yu was arrogant and self-serving, confused by Liu Bang's forbearance and subservience, and impressed by Fan Xu's righteousness and strictness, and reneged on the agreement with Fan Zeng. Fan Zeng "Number of Xiang Wang" repeatedly reminded Xiang Yu to kill Liu Bang, but Xiang Yu pretended not to see it. Liu Bang got away and left, and Xiang Yu happily accepted Liu Bang's gifts; Fan Zeng angrily reprimanded "the erection is not enough and conspiracy", but Xiang Yu was still indifferent. In the end, Xiang Yu was defeated and killed in the battle with Liu Bang for the world, at the age of 31.

"Historical Records: Xiang Yu Benji" records that when Xiang Yu's soldiers were defeated and retreated, he said goodbye to Yu Ji, and the sad song generously said: "Pull out the mountain and cover the world, and the times are not good." If you don't die, you can't help it, and you can't help it! The tragic scene brought tears to everyone's eyes.

Sima Qian commented that Xiang Yu "made great efforts to fight for himself, worked hard for his private wisdom and did not learn from the ancients", "did not feel sorry and did not blame himself", and when the general trend had gone, he used "the death of the heavens, and the crime of not using soldiers" to exonerate himself, and failure was inevitable.

In the poem "Seven Laws: The People's Liberation Army Occupies Nanjing", Mao Zedong reminded the whole army not to be complacent and not to make progress. In 1962, at the "7,000-person conference", he quoted the allusion of "Farewell My Concubine" to encourage leading cadres to be open-minded and generous, and to follow advice.

Xi Jinping looked at the issue of style from the perspective of the party's ruling foundation and life and death, and emphasized that the key to the success or failure of the cause lies in the support of the people. He used the story of "Farewell My Concubine" to warn party members and cadres that if they do not solve the problem of work style, they will lose the support of the people, and there will be a tragic moment of the death of the party and the country. He also said, "If we do not resolutely correct the unhealthy tendencies and allow them to develop, we will be like an invisible wall separating our party from the masses of the people, and our party will lose its foundation, bloodline, and strength." These sonorous words not only profoundly sum up historical experiences and lessons, but also carry the ardent expectation that the comrades of the whole party will improve their work style and maintain close flesh-and-blood ties with the masses of the people.