Interpretation of General Secretary Hu Jintao's Speech on "Eight Honors and Eight Disgraces"

Proud of loving the motherland and ashamed of endangering the motherland;

Be proud of serving the people and ashamed of deviating from the people;

Proud of advocating science and ashamed of ignorance;

Proud of hard work, ashamed of leisure, and disgusted with work;

Be proud of unity and mutual assistance, and be ashamed of harming others and benefiting themselves;

Be proud of honesty and trustworthiness, and be ashamed of forgetting righteousness;

Be proud of obeying the law and discipline, and be ashamed of violating the law and discipline;

Proud of hard work, ashamed of arrogance and extravagance.

Explanation:

As the ancients said, you can't be an adult without knowing honor or disgrace. On the 4th, when visiting CPPCC members, General Secretary Hu Jintao put forward the concept of honor and disgrace with "eight honors and eight disgraces" as the specific content, which set a new benchmark for the moral construction of citizens in China.

One of the honors and disgraces is to be proud of loving the motherland and ashamed of endangering the motherland. If the country is not strong, individuals will never be strong, just as saplings will never grow into towering trees without vast sky and fertile soil. Patriotism means loving yourself. "It is the most glorious thing to be able to devote yourself to the cause of the motherland." Motherland, the more we contribute to her, the brighter and broader our life will be.

Second, honor and disgrace, we are proud of serving the people and ashamed of deviating from the people. Whether Mencius's "old man and old man, young man and young man" or Montesquieu's "personal interests are always included in public interests", they are all proud of serving the people. Even the great poet petofi firmly believes that no matter who is a poet, we should work together with the people!

The third honor and disgrace is to be proud of advocating science and ashamed of ignorance. Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and contemporary competition is the competition of scientific spirit to a great extent. Galileo said, "I betrayed my career and didn't allow me to exist in the ranks of science." This is a dedication to science. Madame Curie said: "I discovered radium, but I didn't create it, so it doesn't belong to me personally, it is the property of all mankind." This is a belief in science. Beethoven said, "People should not give up childbearing because of the death of their children." This is a rational existence that transforms scientific spirit into reality.

The fourth honor and shame is to be proud of hard work, to be ashamed of leisure and to hate work. People originated from labor, silkworms in spring will weave until they die, candles will drain the wick every night, and people with high IQ will definitely surpass "spring silkworms" and "wax torches". Mr. Lu Xun said well, "As long as you can cultivate a flower, you might as well turn it into rotten grass"-only labor can benefit the people.

The fifth honor is to be proud of unity and mutual assistance, and to be ashamed of harming others and benefiting themselves. Unity is strength, unity is iron and unity is steel. The poet Tagore vividly described the truth that people in the society should unite: "The cause of fruits is noble, and the cause of flowers is sweet, but let's do the cause of leaves, which are covered humbly and intently." Only when fruit, flowers and leaves are integrated can there be a harmonious beauty.

Sixth, honor and disgrace, be proud of honesty and trustworthiness, and be ashamed of selfish interests and forgetting righteousness. From Xunzi's "righteousness precedes benefit, honor, and benefit precedes righteousness and shame" to Su Shi's "if I have nothing, I will not take it", which shows the importance of honesty.

The seventh honor and eight disgraces are proud of obeying the law and ashamed of breaking the law. For the people, the only power is the law. In a country ruled by law, everyone should respect the law and regard it as a sacred norm.

Eight honors and eight disgraces, proud of hard work, ashamed of arrogance and extravagance. Be prepared for danger in times of peace, abstain from extravagance and thrift; Establish a name with thrift and defeat yourself with extravagance; Happy from now on, can't keep it; Being rich and arrogant is self-inflicted; Looking at the countries and families of former sages, they became thrifty and extravagant. Although a well-off society is just around the corner, we still can't forget that "frugality is easy, luxury is difficult;" Building the country through diligence and thrift is always the truth. "

Bearing in mind the "eight honors and eight disgraces", our moral standards are naturally clear.