In the long-term revolution and construction practice,MAO Zedong warned Party members and cadres to take history as a mirror to promote their own construction,to remember the failure lessons of LI Zicheng uprising,to remain modest,prudent and free from arrogance and rashness in their work,continue a plain lifestyle,and preserve the virtues of hard struggle,not to forget YUAN Shao's failure lessons caused by his more clues and less points,more strategies but no decisions,to be resourceful and decisive,to focus on key tasks,to bear in mind the latent crisis of the malpractice of official governance in the early Western Han Dynasty which was revealed by JIA Yi in The Policy of Public Security,to pay attention to the people-oriented,to learn from the experience of ZHOU Yu,WANG Bo and others who made great achievements when they were young,to reuse young people,to remember Lü Meng's growing up story which by virtue of self-study,Lü Meng became the Grand Governor of Soochow from a humble man,to remember the consequences of the termination of Emperor Xuanzong's decree,to ensure that laws and regulations are strict,earnestly implement laws and regulations,and act quickly.Measures on MAO Zedong's taking history as a mirror to promote the construction of Party members and cadres themselves still have important reference significance at present.
MAO Zedongtaking history as a mirrorconstruction of Party members and cadres themselves