Practice is the Sole Criterion for Testing Truth
an essay significant in the theoretical thought of the Chinese Communist Party
Practice is the Sole Criterion for Testing Truth ("实践是检验真理的唯一标准")[1] is an article by Chinese intellectual Hu Fuming published in 1978 in the Chinese philosophy journal Theoretical Trends. In it Fuming advocated "anti-dogmatism," and the development of new solutions to meet current economic and social problems. The article was influential within CCP inner circles, and was adopted specifically by Deng Xiaoping at the 1978 Party Plenum. While controversial in the early post-Mao era, with Deng's advocacy Practice became the ideological counterweight to the philosophy of Hua Guofeng's Two Whatevers and enabled Deng to surpass Hua in the struggle over party leadership.[2][1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "胡福明：让实践见证四十年辉煌". xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). 18 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ↑ Misra, Kaplana (1998). From Post-Maoism to Post-Marxism: The Erosion of Official Ideology in Deng's China. New York: Routledge. pp. 22-25.
