What Is Marxism? A Recurrent Question

The question “what is Marxism” is posed throughout the history of development of Marxism. Recurrence of this question can be viewed as an indication of the complexity of development of Marxism, reflecting people's concepts of Marxism. The question is usually raised under certain circumstances and in certain ways. The function of this question, in essence, is meant to guard against likely off course tendency, to examine the criterion for Marxism and non Marxism, and to find out ways to solve problems concerning attitude towards Marxism.