Abstract: As the essence of Chinese culture and the living soul of Chinese civilization,the generation and development of Chinese spirit has roughly experienced three major periods:the foundation period before the pre-Qin period,the evolution period after the Qin Dynasty and the awakening period in modern times,which reflects the historical logic based on China's specific historical conditions.Different from the West,the change and development of Chinese spirit shows a special endogenous logic on the basis of following the universal law.It obtains its own development through the mutual inclusion and absorption of different cultural factions rather than mutual struggle and antagonism.In the modern reform,it experienced a syllogism,with artifacts first,system second and spirit third.Its self-reflection and self-awakening are a conscious response to the severe external challenges.In the contemporary era,the Chinese spirit repeats the dialectical "syllogism" again in a new form,reaching the self-return and awakening of the spirit through the external natural material form and the social institutional object form,which is the unavoidable logic of the times.It is a historical mission that we should actively shoulder the historical mission and cultural mission of deeply understanding and studying the essential law of Chinese spirit,grasping the inherent logic of its development and the logic of the times,and consciously being the most staunch promoter and practitioner of the national spirit and the spirit of the times,building modern civilization of the Chinese nation.

Key words: Chinese spirit, national spirit, spirit of the times, Chinese civilization, historical logic, endogenous logic, logic of the times