Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain.

-- Cited in the "Explanation of the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reform" and other articles

■Interpretation

When discussing the general trend at home and abroad and drawing a blueprint for reform and development, Comrade Xi Jinping repeatedly stressed the need for strategic thinking, keeping the overall situation in mind, grasping the general trend, and focusing on major events. There is the bearing of "climbing Mount Tai and the small world", and there is also the mind of "success does not have to be in me", and he knows the overall situation in his chest, and he can draw silver hooks on the big things, so as to seek according to the situation, move in response to the situation, and follow the trend. Indeed, in the face of the complicated situation of reform, leading cadres in particular need to have a broad vision, a big mind, and a great realm, and be good at combining the solution of specific problems with the solution of deep-seated problems. Be good at grasping local interests in the overall interests, and can't only see trees and forests; Be good at unifying immediate needs with long-term planning, and not be quick for quick success and opportunism; We should be good at integrating the domestic situation with the international environment, and we should not close our eyes and ears and be complacent, so that we can see the subtleties and know the results in our minds.

■Original text

Fang Jin's national situation, there is no prosperity of Yongqian's wealth, and the sudden words are built, and the people of Wei Teli are afraid, even people of special knowledge are also wandering and looking at it and dare not do it. However, those who do not seek eternity since ancient times are not enough to seek a moment; Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain. If you want to extend the life of the country to the top of the tired eggs, and raise the danger of the frontier in order to protect yourself, the technique of controlling the land according to the situation is inherently incompatible, and Xu Cuo's program is detailed, and the theory of moving the capital is still good.

——(Qing) Chen Ran, "Proposal to Move the Capital and Build a Domain"

■Definition

In the face of the invasion of foreign powers and the decline of the country, Chen Ran, a man in the late Qing Dynasty, wrote the "Proposal for Moving the Capital and Building a Domain" in the year of Wuxu (1898), putting forward the famous viewpoint: "Those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a time; Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain. It means: if you don't think about the problem from a long-term perspective, it is difficult to plan for a while; If we do not consider the interests of the whole, it will be difficult to plan for the affairs of the local authorities.

"Those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a time" is to explain the relationship between long-term goals and stage goals from the time dimension. That is, if the long-term goal is not clear, the stage goal cannot be grasped.

"Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain" is to explain the relationship between global goals and local goals from the spatial dimension. That is, if the overall goal is not clear, the local goal cannot be grasped.

Therefore, we need to consider the two dimensions of time and space, and put the long-term interests and the overall interests in the first place, and the current and local behaviors must be subordinated to the long-term and overall interests.