本书根据中国近现代历史的主线、主题和主流，追寻和梳理毛泽东民族精神的出发点和思想、文化、实践来源，同时以丰富的史实突出论证了毛泽东的民族精神的主要内容：一切从实际出发的实事求是精神；信任群众、依靠群众的为人民服务的精神；自立于世界民族之林的独立自主精神；愈挫愈勇、反抗压迫的斗争精神。( The book takes the modern history of China as the main line, theme and mainstream, searches and sorts out the starting point of Mao Zedong's national spirit and the origin of the thought, culture and practice while prominently demonstrating the main content of Mao Zedong's national spirits with abundant historical facts: the realistic spirit that everything should base on the reality; the spirit of serving the people by trusting and relying on the masses; independent spirit of standing in the forest of nations in the world; fighting spirit of fighting more in the face of more setbacks and resisting the oppression.)