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Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-10

Military Cultivation | Preserve Your True Character, Never Forget Your Roots

军人修养丨保持本色 永不忘本

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Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletPLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
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Source-stated publication date2026-05-10
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●常思“我是谁、为了谁、依靠谁”,常问“入党干什么、当兵干什么、为将干什么” 一支军队血脉永续、本色长存,离不开广大官兵的克己修身、传承基因,更需要各级军队领导干部率先垂范、牢记根本。 不忘本,才能保持革命军人本色,擦亮共产党人底色。1966年,皮定均同志到江西省修水县农村帮助工作,和当地社员一起出工、收工,吃薯丝饭、睡稻草铺,群众评价他“不像官,像个老农民”。特别是他亲手制作的牛鼻栓,比放了一辈子牛的人做得还要好。他说:“我本来就是大别山上的小放牛娃,是穿着开裆裤在牛背上长大的,地主、老财不让我活,逼我出来闹革命,现在当了官,可不能忘了本呀!”1981年,离家半个多世纪的萧克同志重返故土,回乡伊始,他便再三叮嘱,食宿从简、杜绝铺张,只求粗茶淡饭、朴素度日。面对亲人,他语重心长地告诫:“为什么瓜麻糊不能忘?吃瓜麻糊长大的忘了瓜麻糊就叫忘本。”老一辈革命家们以泥土般质朴的行动,生动回答了什么是共产党人的“本”、共产党员应该怎样做到“不忘本”。 树高千丈总有根,水流万里也有源。军队领导干部无论身居多高职位、握有多大权力,都不能忘记“我是一个兵,来自老百姓”。罗荣桓同志身居高位却始终谦逊务实,曾对机关的同志讲:“不要以为你很高,这种高是因为你骑的马高。下了马,该多高还多高。”在老一辈革命家眼里,不忘本是一个人的立身之基,是共产党人的政治清醒,更是革命军人的应有本色。始终不忘初心、保持本色,方能常怀敬畏、常持自律、常存谦卑,如临如履、慎独慎微,在名利诱惑考验面前稳住心神、守住底线。 木无本必枯,水无源必竭,人忘本必危。一个人一旦背弃初心、丢弃根本,宗旨意识必然淡化,党性修养必然弱化,精神家园必将荒芜,思想堤坝随之千疮百孔,最终理想信念崩塌、价值坐标偏移,一步步滑向腐化堕落的深渊。“夫物芸芸,各复归其根”,忘记过去意味着背叛,丢掉根本预示着堕落。历史的警钟长鸣不息:从新中国成立初期的刘青山、张子善,到党的十八大以来被绳之以法的腐败分子,他们违纪违法的具体形态虽然不尽相同,但无一例外都丢了根、忘了本,或居功自傲、践踏法纪,或灵魂龌龊、道德败坏,或欲壑难填、腐化堕落,将绝对忠诚、绝对纯洁、绝对可靠的政治要求抛诸脑后,把共产党人的风骨气节、革命军人的本色尽数丢弃,结果害人害己、败坏风气、贻误事业。 陈毅同志在《手莫伸》中写下警示:“第一想到不忘本,来自人民莫作恶。第二想到党培养,无党岂能有所作?第三想到衣食住,若无人民岂能活?第四想到虽有功,岂无过失应惭怍。”这四句追问直击人心、发人深省,既体现了一名党员领导干部对党和人民的赤胆忠心,也谆谆告诫我们永远不要忘记自己是谁,永远不要忘记党的教育之恩、人民的养育之情。事实也反复证明,一个人能够有所作为,离不开党和人民的培养。无论走多远,都不能忘记从哪里出发、为什么出发。 无数革命先辈戎马一生、战功赫赫,却始终保持清廉本色,一心为民,是因为他们始终牢记自己是人民的儿子,手中权力来自人民,“只见公仆不见官”。彭德怀同志刚正不阿、清廉俭朴,最痛恨官僚主义和特权思想,下部队调研时,总爱坐战士的矮板凳;甘祖昌同志功成不居、淡泊名利,主动脱下将军服、穿上粗布衣,与乡亲们一起修水库、建水渠、改梯田、办学校,从不向组织提任何要求;“战斗英雄”张富清深藏功名60多年,一辈子坚守初心、不改本色,用自己的朴实纯粹、淡泊名利书写了精彩人生。革命先辈们用实实在在的行动告诉我们:军人本色从来不是官位的加持、权力的光环,而是不忘初心、矢志不渝的纯粹坚守,是扎根人民、服务人民的赤子情怀,是迎难而上、躬身实干的责任担当。这份固守本心、坚守本色的不懈追求,正是共产党人与革命军人最为珍贵的精神底色。 习主席在全军高级干部培训班开班式上的重要讲话中强调,“高级干部要带头恢复和弘扬我党我军优良传统,放下官架子、回归革命军人本色,让新风正气在部队更加充盈”。新征程上,党员领导干部特别是高级干部当牢记习主席的谆谆教诲,以革命先辈为镜,常思“我是谁、为了谁、依靠谁”,常问“入党干什么、当兵干什么、为将干什么”,坚持廉洁自律、慎独慎微,处理好公与私、义与利、是与非、情与法的关系,克服一切脱离群众的私心杂念,清白做人、干净做事;始终保持那么一股革命热情、那么一种拼命精神,做到平常时候看得出来、关键时刻站得出来、危急关头豁得出来,把先辈们开创的事业不断推向前进,让革命军人本色熠熠生辉。

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A PLA political education article, published without a specific date or named unit attribution, instructs military leading cadres—with particular emphasis on senior officers—to internalize Xi Jinping's directive that they 'set aside the airs of officialdom' and 'return to the true character of revolutionary soldiers,' invoking historical figures including Peng Dehuai, Luo Ronghuan, and Xiao Ke as models of frugality and mass-line conduct. The piece frames ideological drift and corruption as a failure to maintain revolutionary identity, explicitly linking cadres brought down since the 18th Party Congress to the loss of 'roots'—a framing that serves the ongoing political discipline campaign within the PLA. The article is routine in genre and content, consistent with the sustained post-2012 pattern of using mass-line and rectification rhetoric to reinforce loyalty and self-discipline among the officer corps, and contains no new operational, organizational, or doctrinal information.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "军人修养丨保持本色 永不忘本." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-05-10. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16459683.html.

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