Abstract: The study of ideal problems is always a hot issue in the field of ideological and political education. The study of ideal problem is divided into four steps, which meet the need of our part’s ideological and political education and social construction and the achievements that the study reached include rich contents, various types, multiple-perspectives, a wide range of receivers and comprehensive methods. There also exist some problems, such as more differences and less innovations and more theoretical counterplots and less empirical research. The future study will be further expanded in depth and width.