To read Marxism-Leninism and Mao's works, we must be refined, we must study them as they are, read them carefully and carefully, and make real efforts in the next time. At the end of 1939, Comrade Mao Zedong said to a comrade who had entered the Marxist-Leninist Institute in Yan'an: "We should read the books of Marxism-Leninism often. I have read the Communist Manifesto more than a hundred times, and when I encounter problems, I will flip through Marx's "The Communist Manifesto", sometimes only one or two paragraphs, sometimes read the whole text, and every time I read it, I have new inspiration. When I wrote "On New Democracy," I read the "Communist Manifesto" many times. To read Marxist theory, it is necessary to apply it, and to apply it, we must read it frequently and focus on it. Comrade Deng Xiaoping, Comrade Jiang Zemin, and Comrade Hu Jintao also repeatedly stressed the importance of conscientiously studying the original works at different times.

-- "Leading Cadres Should Love Reading, Read Good Books and Be Good at Reading: Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Batch of Advanced Classes in the Spring Semester of 2009 of the Central Party School" (May 13, 2009)

Further reading:

The Communist Manifesto was the first programmatic document of the international communist movement and marked the birth of Marxism. The "Communist Manifesto" is not long, but its power is like a "spiritual atomic bomb", and once it came out, it shook the whole world. Theoretically, the Manifesto runs through the basic spirit of historical materialism, providing a scientific method for understanding human society. In practice, the Manifesto was the first party program of a world communist organization, issued the battle cry "Proletarians of the world, unite" and provided a guide to action for the proletarian revolution. Engels pointed out that the "Manifesto" "is the most widely disseminated and most international work of all socialist literatures" and is also the first "complete theoretical and practical party program" of the proletarian political parties of all countries in the world.

The impact of the Communist Manifesto on the Chinese revolution and the Chinese Communist Party was equally extraordinary. Mao Zedong told Snow that it was under the influence of the Communist Manifesto that by the summer of 1920 he had become a Marxist in theory and, to some extent, in action. In his later years, Zhou Enlai walked up to Mr. Chen Wangdao, the first translator of the Chinese version of the Communist Manifesto, at a meeting and asked if he could find the first Chinese version of the Communist Manifesto, and he wanted to take another look. Deng Xiaoping came into contact with the Communist Manifesto while working in Paris, and thus chose to join the Communist Party and embarked on the road of revolution. In 1992, he said affectionately in a Southern Talk, "My introductory teacher was the Communist Manifesto."

Studying the original works of Marxism-Leninism is a "threshold" and difficult thing for party members and cadres. Xi Jinping cited the example of Mao Zedong reading the "Communist Manifesto", which makes people see that even the leaders of our party have learned the essence and essence of Marxism through hard study and hard work, so as to illustrate the importance of carefully studying the original works and enhance everyone's confidence in studying the original classics. As for the "Communist Manifesto", he has repeatedly talked about it on many occasions, in his eyes, "Marxism is the 'true scripture' of our communists, and if we don't read the 'true scripture' well, we always think of 'learning scriptures from the west', and we will delay major events!" ”

According to the memories of the villagers of Liangjiahe Village, Xi Jinping carefully read "Capital" when he went to the countryside. From 1998 to 2002, he studied for a Ph.D. in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Tsinghua University, specializing in Marxist theory and ideological and political education. When presiding over the drafting of the report to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he specifically requested the inclusion of the following paragraph: "Belief in Marxism, socialism and communism is the political soul of communists and the spiritual pillar for communists to withstand any tests." Just as Xi Jinping has emphasized, leading cadres must fully understand the importance of "studying the theory of Marxism-Leninism in a general and in-depth manner", and must study and carefully read the Marxist classics as they are.