Whether it's a white cat or a black cat, catching a mouse is a good cat. What is the philosophical principle of this sentence?

This sentence belongs to utilitarian thought, that is, it requires grasping the main contradiction, solving the main contradiction and promoting the development of things. It explains the decisive role of practice in cognition. Practice is the source of cognition, the motive force of cognition development, the standard of testing the truth of cognition and the purpose of cognition. Practical viewpoint is the primary and basic viewpoint of dialectical materialism epistemology.

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"Whether it's a white cat or a black cat, catching a mouse is a good cat." This is a famous saying of Deng Xiaoping and a popular summary of Deng Xiaoping Theory. As for the origin of this sentence, there are different opinions. Now provide two kinds of evidence.

First, this is a Sichuan proverb. There is a saying in Sichuan that "yellow cats and black cats are good cats as long as they catch mice." Deng Xiaoping is from Sichuan, so he should know this sentence. During the war years, Deng Xiaoping and Liu Bocheng had many years of contacts. Liu Bocheng often liked to talk about this proverb, which was deeply influenced by Deng Xiaoping.

Second, this is a sentence from Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. There is a saying in Exorcism, Volume 3 of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio: "A yellow raccoon dog is better than a mouse!" Here, so are beavers and cats.

This sentence, translated into vernacular, is: "yellow cat and black cat, catching mice is a good cat!" " "According to Ma Ruifang's" Deng Gong and Liaozhai ","According to Zhuo Lin, Deng read "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", not only in Beijing, but also when he went out, he asked the staff to make loose-leaf books and read a few articles in his spare time. "Visible, Deng Xiaoping like reading" serial ",should know this sentence.

1On July 7th, 962, Deng Xiaoping said when meeting all the representatives of the Seventh Plenary Session of the Third Central Committee of the Communist Youth League: "I'm afraid we should adopt such an attitude towards what is the best form of production relations.

That is, where it is easier to recover and develop production faster, which form will be adopted; The masses can take whatever form they want, and if they are not legal, they will be legal. "Then he said a proverb:" Whether it's a white cat or a black cat, catching a mouse is a good cat. "