邓小平曾客观地指出：“如果没有毛泽东同志的卓越领导，中国革命有极大的可能到现在还没有胜利，那样，中国各族人民就还处在帝国主义、封建主义、官僚资本主义的反动统治之下，我们党就还在黑暗中苦斗。所以说没有毛主席就没有新中国，这丝毫不是什么夸张。”毛泽东同志是中国共产党、中国人民解放军和中华人民共和国的主要缔造者。毛泽东同志是伟大的马克思主义者，伟大的无产阶级革命家、战略家和理论家，是近代以来中国伟大的爱国者和民族英雄，是领导中国人民彻底改变自己命运和国家面貌的一代伟人。当前，中国党内外、国内外对毛泽东、毛泽东思想和毛泽东时代政绩的评价褒贬不一，各种思潮纷纭呈现，激烈交锋，且随着中国特色社会主义道路的深化愈演愈烈，进而出现把改革开放前后两个历史时期进行割裂甚至对立起来，不是用前者否定后者，就是用后者否定前者。无疑，各种极端思潮严重地影响到伟人的历史地位与历史贡献，进而对人们的思想造成混乱。毛泽东同志不是神，肯定也会犯错误。但是，国内外别有用心的人肆意夸大毛泽东晚年的错误，甚至不惜伪造事实，极尽造谣、诽谤、污蔑之能事，恶毒攻击毛泽东同志。这表面上是在攻击毛泽东同志本人，实质是想通过丑化我党主要领袖毛泽东同志来搞垮中国共产党，进而搞垮中国。稍有常识的中国人都应该明白这个道理，并给予坚决的抵制与批驳。针对各种错误思潮，党的十八大对毛泽东同志的伟大功绩再次予以客观准确的评价：“以毛泽东同志为核心的党的第一代中央领导集体带领全党全国各族人民完成了新民主主义革命，进行了社会主义改造，确立了社会主义基本制度，成功实现了中国历史上最深刻最伟大的社会变革，为当代中国一切发展进步奠定了根本政治前提和制度基础。在探索过程中，虽然经历了严重曲折，但党在社会主义建设中取得的独创性理论成果和巨大成就，为新的历史时期开创中国特色社会主义提供了宝贵经验、理论准备、物质基础。”并给毛泽东思想的历史地位给予了清晰的定位：毛泽东思想与马列主义、中国特色社会主义理论体系，都是我党必须长期坚持的指导思想和行动指南。2013年1月5日，习近平总书记针对有人抹黑改革开放前后两个历史时期的关系，在新进中央委员会的委员、候补委员学习贯彻党的十八大精神研讨班上进一步明确指出：“我们党领导人民进行社会主义建设，有改革开放前和改革开放后两个历史时期，这是两个相互联系又有重大区别的时期，但本质上都是我们党领导人民进行社会主义建设的实践探索。中国特色社会主义是在改革开放历史新时期开创的，但也是在新中国已经建立起社会主义基本制度、并进行了20多年建设的基础上开创的。虽然这两个历史时期在进行社会主义建设的思想指导、方针政策、实际工作上有很大差别，但两者绝不是彼此割裂的，更不是根本对立的。不能用改革开放后的历史时期否定改革开放前的历史时期，也不能用改革开放前的历史时期否定改革开放后的历史时期。要坚持实事求是的思想路线，分清主流和支流，坚持真理，修正错误，发扬经验，汲取教训，在这个基础上把党和人民的事业继续推向前进。”今年是毛泽东同志诞辰120周年。为了坚持和发展伟人的科学思想，回应和澄清某些错误言论，根据党的十八大精神与习近平总书记的讲话精神，中国社会科学院马克思主义研究学部组织一批著名专家学者，结合改革开放30多年的实践，从经济、政治、文化、社会等多领域多视角地对毛泽东、毛泽东思想和毛泽东时代以及当代相关的国内外问题，进行了研究阐发。这对于更准确地理解马列主义及其中国化理论，理解党史和国史，均具有重要意义。《33位著名学者纵论毛泽东思想》，是中国社会科学院马克思主义研究学部与中国社会科学出版社组织编写和出版“马克思主义研究学部纵论丛书”第5本。本书由本人设计、组织和定稿。中国社会科学院马克思主义研究院贺新元同志承担本书的约稿、编辑到出版过程的具体工作，中国社会科学出版社马克思主义理论出版中心主任田文同志做了大量编辑工作。在此，对他们的辛苦付出表示衷心的感谢。文章只代表各位作者的个人看法，欢迎广大读者批评指正和讨论。中国社会科学院马克思主义研究学部主任 程恩富2013年11月于北京

Deng xiaoping objectively pointed out: "if there is no the great leadership of comrade MAO zedong, the Chinese revolution have great may have yet to win, so, the Chinese people of all ethnic groups are still in imperialism, feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism the reactionary rule, our party will still struggle in the dark. So it is no exaggeration to say that there would be no new China without MAO. Comrade MAO zedong is the main founder of the communist party of China, the people's liberation army and the People's Republic of China. Comrade MAO zedong was a great marxist, a great proletarian revolutionist, strategist and theorist, China since modern times, is a great patriot and national hero, is to lead the Chinese people change their own destiny and countries face a generation of great men. At home and abroad at present, the Chinese old guards, the evaluation of MAO zedong and MAO zedong thought and MAO zedong achievement mixed, various thoughts vary, clashed with deepening of the socialist road with Chinese characteristics and intensified, which appeared to split the two historical periods before and after the reform and opening up, even not in denial of the latter, the former is to negate the former with the latter. Undoubtedly, all kinds of extreme thoughts seriously affect the historical status and historical contribution of the great man, thus causing chaos to people's thoughts. Comrade MAO zedong is not a god. He is sure to make mistakes. However, those who have ulterior motives at home and abroad have arbitrarily exaggerated the mistakes of MAO zedong in his later years, even at the expense of the fact that he has done all he can to slander, slander and slander MAO zedong. This is ostensibly to attack comrade MAO zedong himself, in essence, to bring down the communist party of China and bring down China by vilifying the main leader of our party, comrade MAO zedong. Chinese people who have common sense should understand this and give strong resistance and refutation. Aiming at all kinds of wrong thoughts, the party's 18th to comrade MAO zedong's great achievement to be objective and accurate evaluation: "comrade MAO zedong as the core of the party's first generation of central collective leadership to lead the party the Chinese people of all ethnic groups have completed the new-democratic revolution, the socialist transformation, establishes a basic socialist system, successfully realized the most profound and great social changes in China's history, for all development and progress in contemporary China laid the fundamental political prerequisite and institutional basis. In the process of exploration, although experienced severe twists and turns, but the party in the original theory of achievements in socialist construction and the tremendous achievements, create a socialism with Chinese characteristics into a new historical period provides valuable experience and theory preparation and material base." And give the historical position of MAO zedong thought to give a clear positioning: MAO zedong thought and marxism-leninism, the system of theories of socialism with Chinese characteristics, is our party must insist for a long time to the guiding thought and action guide. On January 5, 2013, xi jinping, general secretary for someone smear two historical period, the relationship between before and after the reform and opening up, the members of the new central committee alternate committee member eighteen big study and implement the party's spirit seminar further explicitly pointed out that, "our party leads the people in socialist construction, with the reform and opening up before and after reform and opening up two historical periods, they are two interrelated period, there are major differences and but are essentially our party leads the people in the practice of socialist construction. Socialism with Chinese characteristics is in the new historical period of reform and opening up, but also in the new China has established a basic socialist system, and more than 20 years construction on the basis of the pioneering. Although the two historical periods in the guidance of the socialist construction, principles and policies, the actual work has the very big difference, but the difference is not divided each other, more is not the opposite. It cannot be used to negate the historical period before the reform and opening up in the history period after the reform and opening up, nor the historical period after the reform and opening up before the reform and opening up. To adhere to the ideological line of seeking truth from facts, to distinguish between mainstream and tributaries, stick to the truth, correct mistakes, carries forward the experience and lessons, and on this basis the cause of the party and the people continue to push forward." This year marks the 120th anniversary of comrade MAO zedong's birth. Response in order to adhere to and develop the scientific thought of the great men, and to clarify some wrong speech, according to the spirit and xi jinping, general secretary of the party's 18 speech spirit, the Chinese academy of social sciences research of marxism division organization of a batch of famous experts and scholars, in combination with the practice of reform and opening up 30 years, from the economic, political, cultural, social and other areas of perspective of MAO zedong and MAO zedong thought and MAO zedong, and contemporary related problems both at home and abroad, were studied. This is of great significance for more accurately understanding marxism-leninism and its theory of sinicization, understanding the history of the party and the history of the country. 33 famous scholars charge of MAO zedong thought, is the Chinese academy of social sciences research division of marxism and China social sciences press group writing and publication of "marxism research division series" charge of the 5. This book is designed, organized and finalized by myself. Comrade at the Chinese academy of social sciences institute of marxism xin-yuan he take this book manuscripts, editing and publishing process of specific work, China social sciences press marxist theory, director of the center for Tian Wen comrades have done a lot of editing. Here, thank you for their hard work. The article only represents the personal opinions of the authors, and welcomes the comments and comments of the readers. Cheng enfu, director of the marxist research division of the Chinese academy of social sciences, was in Beijing in November 2013