本文主要阐述毛泽东思想和邓小平理论的产生、相互关系及共同特征。认为它们是在中国革命和建设特定历史条件下，根据中国实际创造性运用马列主义基本原理的成果。它们的体系一脉相承，但不是简单的继承，而是辩证扬弃。它们最大的共同点，就是坚持一切从实际出发的实事求是思想。其理论运用特点是：“有的放矢”、“因地制宜”。 This article mainly elaborates the generation, mutual relations and common features of Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory. They think that they are the fruits of the creative application of the basic principles of Marxism-Leninism in light of China’s actual conditions under the specific historical conditions of China’s revolution and construction. Their systems come from the same strain, but they are not simply inherited but dialectically discarded. What they all have in common is to uphold all the ideas of seeking truth from facts that are based on reality. Its theoretical application features are: “targeted”, “according to local conditions.”