借鉴先秦重民思想 始终代表人民利益

“重民思想”是先秦时期中国传统政治领导思想的核心,“始终代表人民利益”的思想是世纪之交江泽民总书记创造性地提出的具有时代新蕴的“三个代表”思想之一。二者在出发点、理论根据以及最终目的等方面具有本质的区别,但二者也有相似之处;在任何时候都不能忽视人民的利益,决不能无视民众的愿望和思想。现在重温先秦“重民思想”,可以给我们三点启示。

DRAWING LESSONS FROM THE THOUGHT OF ATTACHING IMPORTANCE TO THE PEOPLE AND ALWASY REPRESENTING THE BENEFITS OF THE PEOPLE

The thought of attaching importance to the people was the core of traditional political thought during theperiod prior to the Qin Dynasty. The thought of representing the benefits of the people is one of the three representativeswhich Jiang Ze-min brought up by the end of the 20th century.Both of them have the fundamental difference in the start-ing point,the theory basis and the final purpose,but they have similar points:the benefits of the people can't be neglectedat any time and the wish of the people can't be ignored. Now if we review the thought of attaching importance to the peo-ple,we can have three enlightenments from it.