Socialism: Utopian and Scientific serves as an introductory textbook guiding people to understand scientific socialism and stands as a paradigmatic work for the popularization of scientific socialism. Adhering to the method of unifying historical and logical perspectives, Engels poses three fundamental inquiries into scientific socialism: "Where does it come from?", "On what theoretical grounds does it stand?", and "How will it be realized?" Through these questions, he elucidates its ideological origins, theoretical foundations, and inevitable historical trend, thus comprehensively defining the scientific nature of scientific socialism. In terms of its origins, scientific socialism arises from the inheritance, critique, and transcendence of utopian socialism. In terms of its theoretical basis, dialectical materialism, historical materialism, and the theory of surplus value provide its scientific worldview and methodology. In terms of its practical foundation, the irreconcilable fundamental contradiction within capitalism determines that socialism will inevitably replace capitalism. A textual study of Engels' demonstration of its scientific nature helps to strengthen theoretical and path confidence in socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Yuyu Liao, Raohui Li. Engels' Threefold Inquiry into the Scientific Nature of Scientific Socialism : A Textual Study Based on Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2025), Vol. 7, Issue 4: 71-76. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2025.070411.

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