"In your letter, you said that only by going into the depths of rural China can you deeply understand what it means to seek truth from facts and how to contact the masses, and young people should 'find hardships for themselves'. In the new era, Chinese youth should have this spirit. ”

This is what General Secretary Xi Jinping said in his reply letter to the students of the Science and Technology Institute of China Agricultural University not long ago.

The four words "self-seeking" have been mentioned by General Secretary Xi Jinping more than once. These four words are not only the general secretary's requirements for himself, but also carry the general secretary's ardent expectations for the youth in the new era.

"My first request for myself

It's 'asking for your own suffering'"

In 1969, Xi Jinping, who was under the age of 16, came to the Liangjiahe Brigade of Wen An Yi Commune in Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Province.

Farming, pulling coal, damming, picking manure... In Liangjiahe, Xi Jinping, a young man, has done almost every job and eaten everything bitterly, and is a "good descendant who endures hardships and stands hard work" in the eyes of the villagers.

Recalling those years, Xi Jinping said: "My first requirement for myself is to 'find myself to suffer'. ”

△ Young Xi Jinping

How did he "ask for his own suffering"? The answer may lie in the life experience of young Xi Jinping.

In the winter of 1985, Zhang Hongliang, who was studying at Xiamen University, met Xi Jinping, then member of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen Municipal Party Committee and vice mayor, through a letter, and often received guidance and help from Xi Jinping.

During the conversation, Xi Jinping told Zhang Hongliang a lot about his time when he was a young man. One of them was to go down to the manure tank in the winter to collect manure, which was the hardest work in the countryside at that time.

It was freezing cold, and you had to take off your shoes to get up the dung, pull up your trouser legs, jump in barefoot and use a shovel to get up one shovel after another, and the ice ballast cut the legs and feet one after another with blood marks. At that time, Xi Jinping was only a teenager, not tall enough, and his body was not strong enough, and when he got up the manure, he was full of sweat and feces and urine, mixed together, wet and smelly, the cold wind blew, and the whole body was cold, which tested both physical strength and perseverance. But he did the most of this work, and every time he was the first to take the initiative to jump down and rush to do it.

Xi Jinping said that going to the countryside must pass five passes: flea pass, diet pass, life pass, labor pass, and ideological pass. Labor is a crucial step. Only by crossing the labor barrier and establishing the idea of "finding hardships for yourself" can you sharpen your thinking, make your thoughts closer to the people, and make the people trust you more.

Xi Jinping, a young man who can endure hardships, has knowledge and many ideas, has gradually mingled with his fellow villagers. At the age of 20, he was elected secretary of the party branch of the brigade.

Later, Zhang Hongliang made a special trip to Liangjiahe to see with his own eyes the first biogas digester in the province built by Xi Jinping when he joined the Liangjiahe queue, and was deeply touched by the story of local villagers praising his benefit to the people in Liangjiahe. Zhang Hongliang said: "On the road of later life, I always remind myself that hard eating is an opportunity, we must insist on learning more and doing more, and go to hard places to exercise myself." ”

"Finding one's own hardships and doing things for the people" is also the belief that Xi Jinping adheres to when he works. With this belief, he crossed the "five barriers" in Liangjiahe's seven years of intellectual youth, bringing his thoughts closer to the common people; He rode his bicycle to every village in the county in Zhengding, understanding the county situation in a solid and meticulous manner, discovering problems, and collecting public opinion, saying, "Just thinking about living a comfortable life is a mediocre pursuit." I am ready to enter the 'sea of suffering'"; He took the initiative in Xiamen to take charge of the "three rural areas" work, and fully utilized the strength of all parties to promote the development of poverty-stricken areas...

Leading by example and teaching by example, Xi Jinping often combines his personal feelings on the road to growth, encourages young people with personal experience, and sets an example for young people with practical actions.

"Youth

If you choose to endure hardship, you choose to reap"

After serving as the leader of the party and the state, General Secretary Xi Jinping cared deeply about young people and repeatedly advocated that young people "find hardships for themselves".

On May 2013, 5, General Secretary Xi Jinping said during a discussion with outstanding young representatives from all walks of life: "The facts of countless success in life show that in youth, choosing hardship means choosing harvest, and choosing dedication means choosing nobility." Experiencing a little more beatings, setbacks, and trials in youth is conducive to a good life's journey. ”

"Seeking hardship and suffering" is not to passively endure hardship, but to take the initiative to adjust the mentality and temper the will in the difficulty.

In October 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection of the Hongqi Canal in Anyang, Henan: "The younger generation should inherit and carry forward the spirit of hard-working, self-reliance and hard struggle, abandon arrogance and coquettishness, and engrave the blood of youth and enthusiasm on the monuments of history like our fathers." ”

Young people should not be afraid of hardship, take the difficult environment and arduous tasks as opportunities to temper themselves, and constantly improve themselves in the struggle.

"Seeking hardship for oneself" is not blindly enduring hardship, but integrating theory with practice, accumulating experience and increasing talent in practice.

General Secretary Xi Jinping has stressed many times that young people should have more contact with society and make up for the lesson of social practice. He taught young students that "we must 'squeeze water' into the knowledge in books in order to get knowledge 'dry goods'" and "only by combining it with the practice of the masses can we squeeze out the 'water'".

Where should young cadres go to "find themselves suffering"? General Secretary Xi Jinping specifically pointed out at the opening ceremony of the training course for young and middle-aged cadres at the Central Party School (National Academy of Administration) in the fall semester of 2021: "Organizing young cadres to work in difficult and remote areas is trust and cultivation, and young cadres should be proud of this and compete for the lead." The knife must be sharpened on the stone, and the person must be practiced in things, and it is difficult to become a great vessel without going through wind and rain and not seeing the world. ”

For young cadres, going to hard and remote places to temper themselves, being an "ant on a hot pot" a few more times, and holding a "hot potato" a few more times is the best answer to where to "find yourself to suffer".

"Asking for hardships" is not to suffer indiscriminately, but to combine their own actual situation, especially under the premise of ensuring good health.

General Secretary Xi Jinping once recalled his past as the secretary of the county party committee at a symposium, "At that time, I was young and wanted to do good things, and I had a serious illness for almost a month. Why? He stayed up late, often working all night. ”

He said that later he felt that this could not work, and he could not do this for long, so he straightened his mentality, worked until 12 o'clock at night, did not do it, and did it again the next day.

After the news of "Xi Jinping advises young people not to stay up late" was released, the whole network brushed the screen, and netizens praised: "I must sleep before 12 o'clock in the future!" ”

In his report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping earnestly urged the vast number of young people to "aspire to be good young people in the new era with ideals, daring to take responsibility, able to endure hardships and willing to struggle."

Dare to endure hardships, will endure hardships, and can endure hardships, and believe that in the process of "seeking hardships for themselves", they will continue to forge ahead and display their talents, and they will definitely be able to gain something and be worthy of youth.

As the general secretary said, the future belongs to the youth, and hope is pinned on the youth. Chinese youth in the new era should take the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as their own responsibility, live up to the times, live up to Shaohua, and live up to the ardent expectations of the party and the people.

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