Marx and Engels’ thought on civilization mainly has four components: “practice civilization”, “history-civilization”, “dialectics-civilization” and “revolution-civilization”. The theory is internally logical as practice, history, dialectics, and revolution are progressively and intricately entwined. First, Marx and Engels clarify that the emergence and evolution of human civilization are rooted in the material production practice of individuals in real life through a historical materialist approach to civilization. Second, taking the historical changes in the practice of material production and the alternation of social forms as clues, they reveal the evolution of forms of human advancement. Third, they explore the dialectical nature of the development of history and civilization, and portray a promising picture of communist civilization in the course of criticizing and transcending capitalist civilization. Fourth, based on the origin that lies in the dialectical nature of the development of history and civilization, i.e, the movement of basic social contradictions, they consider the basic means and organizational forces for the leap from capitalist to communist civilization, Marx and Engels’ thought on civilization not only has a pioneering significance as it transcends the previous ones in the West, but also serves as the theoretical foundation for the Communist Party of China to create a new form of human advancement, providing profound practical enlightenment for enriching and developing the new form of human advancement in the new era and new journey. 

　　Editor: Zhong Yao  Liu Tingting 

　　From: Teaching and Research.2024.No.8.