中国共产党百年历程中，立德树人理念经历了5个阶段的演变。革命战争年代，培养具有共产主义觉悟的“革命青年”是立德树人的首要标准。从延安兴办高等教育开始，党对于立德内涵和树人方式的探索开始成型，建立了以马克思主义为底色、批判吸收传统文化的道德形态，并采用了实践优先的教育方式。中华人民共和国成立后，逐渐形成了“又红又专”的育人标准，树人方针则在实践性和理论性之间反复调整。改革开放后，中国共产党高度强调理想信念教育，同时开启了教育现代化的树人方式。进入新时代，立德内涵在历史基础上有了较大调整，传统文化的地位从“历史遗产”上升为“文化基因”，树人方针则更具政治性、时代性。这种既有继承、又根据时代有所发展的特质，是中国共产党保持马克思主义政党强大生命力的思想源泉。

In the hundred years since the founding of the Communist Party of China, the concept of the moral education has undergone five stages of evolution. In the revolutionary war years, cultivating the "revolutionary youth" with the communist consciousness is the primary concern for morality. Since the establishment of the higher education in Yan'an, the party's exploration of the connotation of morality and the way of fostering people began to take shape, with a moral form based on Marxism established, the traditional culture criticized and absorbed, and a practice-first education method adopted. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the "red and professional" standard is gradually formed for educating people, and the policy of cultivating people was repeatedly adjusted between a practical goal and a theoretical one. After the reform and opening up, the Communist Party of China highly emphasized the education of ideals and beliefs, and at the same time opened the way of fostering people in the education modernization. Entering the new era, the connotation of Lide has been greatly adjusted on the basis of history, the status of the traditional culture has risen from the "historical heritage" to the "cultural gene", and the policy of fostering people has become more political and contemporary. This characteristic, which is inherited and developed with the times, is the source for the Communist Party of China to maintain the strong vitality of a Marxist party.