As aesthetic categories, both the topos and ideological and political education have the consistency of being “beautiful”, and the existing topoi embody in themselves a wide range of topoi in ideological and political education. Topoi in ideological and political education are the product of the explicit and implicit relationships between “things” and “feelings” in ideological and political education, and their formation has unique mechanisms. Topoi in ideological and political education have the practical functions of strengthening an aesthetic sense of ideological and political education, generating an emotion of ideological and political education, catalyzing an identity of ideological and political education and creating an atmosphere of ideological and political education. In the creation of topoi in ideological and political education, it is necessary to stick to the critical principles of creating and constructing topoi, promote the individuals transformation from finiteness to infinity, ensure the connotation of ideological and political education to be concise in the new era, give full play to the shaping role of modern media, and realize the comprehension, internalization and sublimation of topoi in ideological and political education through practice.