“文革”结束后,面对中国政治合法性资源流失的状况,以邓小平为核心的第二代领导集体对党和国家政权的合法性进行了积极的维护和重建,表现为以下几个方面:维护意识形态的延续性、实现领袖权威的转变、推动经济社会发展、防止权力的异化。探讨邓小平维护和重建政治合法性的实践,对新时期中国共产党延续执政有重要的现实意义。 In the face of the loss of political legitimacy of China after the “Cultural Revolution,” the second-generation leadership collective with Deng Xiaoping as its core has made active efforts to safeguard and rebuild the legitimacy of the party and state power, as follows: Aspects: Maintaining the continuity of ideology, leading to the transformation of leadership authority, promoting economic and social development and preventing the alienation of power. Exploring Deng Xiaoping’s practice of safeguarding and rebuilding political legitimacy is of great practical significance to the continuation of the Chinese Communist Party in the new era.