人民本位的价值论,是毛泽东美学思想的重要内容和基本特征之一。为最广大的人民群众服务,是毛泽东历来考虑文化审美问题的基本出发点,是规范审美、艺术取向的根本原则。毛泽东早在1938年就提出过新文化应具有“新鲜活泼的、为中国老百姓所喜闻乐见的中国作风和中国气派”;1949年1月,毛泽东在延安《中国文化》杂志创刊号上发表《新民主主义论》,又提出发 The theory of the value of the people is one of the important contents and basic features of Mao Zedong’s aesthetic thoughts. Serving the broadest masses of people serves as the basic starting point for Mao Zedong’s historical consideration of cultural aesthetics and the fundamental principle of regulating aesthetic and artistic orientations. As early as 1938, Mao Zedong proposed that the new culture should have “a fresh and lively Chinese style and Chinese style” loved and used by the Chinese people. In January 1949, Mao Zedong published “New Democracy” in the first issue of “Chinese Culture” in Yan’an On ", but also made hair