毛泽东与邓小平是我党第一代与第二代领导核心，他们为民族振兴和人民幸福而奋斗的一生，根植于他们的忧患意识。毛泽东、邓小平忧患意识的内容虽有差异，但都是对中国传统忧患意识的的继承和发展，都俱有社会性、科学性、实践性特征，而且他们始终把忧患意识与乐观主义相结合。研究毛泽东、邓小平的忧患意识，对于当今我国社会主义现代化建设具有重要的借鉴意义。 Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping were the leaders of the first generation and the second generation of our party. They are struggling for the rejuvenation of the nation and the happiness of the people and are rooted in their sense of crisis. Although there are differences in the content of the awareness of the afflictions between Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, they all inherit and develop the awareness of the traditional Chinese sense of urgency, all of which are characterized by sociality, science and practice, and they always combine their sense of urgency with optimism. Studying Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping’s sense of urgency has an important reference for the socialist modernization in our country today.