青年是社会群体中最具活力和生气的力量，青年的理想信念关乎民族未来和国家的发展方向。一直以来，中国共产党都把青年工作作为一项极为重要的工作。探索青年毛泽东如何转变为马克思主义者能够为当代青年和青年工作提供借鉴，具有重要的现实意义。青年毛泽东没有成长为马克思主义者之前，受到许多政治思想和哲学观点的影响。这些思想观点既构成了这一时期毛泽东的主要思想要素，也为他后来进行思想清算和思想重构提供了契机。反帝反封建的政治立场是青年毛泽东坚决反对旧秩序的思想前提，是其革命到底的重要驱动力；重视“心之力”的哲学观念促使青年毛泽东强调思想改造，是其自我反思的关键引领力；主张平民权利和民众联合的无政府主义促使青年毛泽东开始重视群众力量，是其思想转变的重要阶梯。五四运动以后，特别是经历驱张运动的打击后，青年毛泽东逐渐放弃了对旧官僚军阀主动改良的幻想。同时，他把注意力转向了马克思列宁主义，逐渐认为俄国工农政权是中国的方向。但在具体革命路径上，毛泽东并不同意模仿俄国十月革命，他把希望寄托在民众的“呼声革命”、“无血革命”上。为此，毛泽东以极大的热情组织了湖南自治运动，寄希望于民众的觉醒能够感化乃至压倒湖南当局的反动势力。自治运动的失败使得青年毛泽东进行了深刻的思想清算，他清醒地认识到了通过列宁式道路实现无产阶级专政才是唯一道路。至此，青年毛泽东彻底转变为马克思主义者。青年毛泽东成长为马克思主义者的历史过程所蕴含的宝贵经验，在立足社会实践、站稳人民立场、发扬批判精神等方面，对于指导当代青年坚定理想信念具有重要启示。

Youth is the most dynamic and energetic force in social groups, and the ideals and beliefs of youth are related to the future of the nation and the direction of development of the country. The Communist Party of China has always regarded youth work as an extremely important work. Exploring how the young Mao Zedong transformed into a Marxist can provide reference for contemporary youth and youth work, which has important practical significance.Before the young Mao Zedong became a Marxist, he was influenced by many political thoughts and philosophical views. These ideological viewpoints not only constituted the main ideological elements of Mao Zedong during this period, but also provided an opportunity for his later ideological reckoning and ideological reconstruction. The political stance of anti-imperialist and anti-feudalism is the ideological premise for the young Mao Zedong to resolutely oppose the old order, and is an important driving force for his revolution to the end; the philosophical concept of attaching importance to the "power of the heart" prompts the young Mao Zedong to emphasize ideological reform, which is the key to his self-reflection. The anarchism that advocated the rights of the common people and the unity of the people prompted the young Mao Zedong to begin to pay attention to the power of the masses, which was an important step for his ideological transformation. After the May 4th Movement, especially after the expulsion movement, the young Mao Zedong gradually gave up the illusion of active reform of the old bureaucracy and warlords. At the same time, he turned his attention to Marxism-Leninism and gradually believed that the Russian workers' and peasants' regime was the direction of China. However, on the specific revolutionary path, Mao Zedong did not agree to imitate the Russian October Revolution. He pinned his hopes on the "voice revolution" and "bloodless revolution" of the people. To this end, Mao Zedong organized the Hunan Autonomous Movement with great enthusiasm, hoping that the awakening of the people would influence and even overwhelm the reactionary forces of the Hunan authorities. The failure of the self-government movement made the young Mao Zedong carry out a profound ideological reckoning, and he clearly realized that the only way to realize the dictatorship of the proletariat through the Lenin-style road is to achieve. So far, the young Mao Zedong has completely transformed into a Marxist. The precious experience contained in the historical process of the young Mao Zedong's growth into a Marxist has important implications for guiding contemporary young people to strengthen their ideals and beliefs in terms of social practice, standing firm on the people's stand, and carrying forward the spirit of criticism.