The Sixth Peasant Movement Training Institute began in late March 1926 when students from various provinces started arriving in Guangdong. In April, entrance examinations were held. The institute was located at the Panyu Academy, and operations commenced in accordance with the budget. Classes officially started on May 3, enrolling over 300 students. After more than four months of training, graduation examinations were held on September 11. By October 5, all students, except for three who remained due to illness, had been sent back to their native places to engage in work. This session of the institute marked the Nationalist Party's first large-scale peasant training school. Responding to the demands of the national peasant movement, students from 20 provinces and regions were gathered in Guangzhou for training. The proceedings are detailed under several headings below:

**Student Enrollment and Provincial Distribution**
The original enrollment quota was 300 students, but due to the high number of applicants, 16 additional students were accepted. In June, 11 more were added, bringing the total to 327 students. Subsequently, 9 students withdrew due to illness or other reasons. By graduation, there were 318 students. Their provincial distribution was as follows:
Zhili 22, Shandong 23, Henan 29, Rehe 4, Chahar 5, Suiyuan 8, Shaanxi 16, Sichuan 25, Hubei 27, Jiangxi 22, Hunan 36, Anhui 15, Jiangsu 10, Fujian 16, Guangdong 11, Guangxi 40, Yunnan 10, Guizhou 1, Fengtian 1.

**Teaching Overview**
Although the institute opened on May 3, the classroom was used as the venue for the First Guangdong Provincial Peasant Congress, so formal classes did not begin until May 15. Two weeks were allocated for fieldwork practice in Haifeng. Theoretical instruction lasted 13 weeks, totaling 252 hours. The courses and their hours were as follows:
The Three Principles of the People: 6 hours
History of the Chinese Nationalist Party: 8 hours
The Peasant Question in China: 23 hours
Rural Education: 9 hours
Imperialism: 14 hours
History of the Chinese National Revolutionary Movement: 5 hours
Social Issues and Socialism: 9 hours
Political Situation of China: 12 hours
Financial and Economic Situation of China: 4 hours
Essentials of Economics: 18 hours
Situation in Soviet Russia: 18 hours
Outline of Chinese History: 16 hours
Geography: 4 hours
Chinese Labor Movement: 17 hours
Resolutions of the First Guangdong Peasant Congress: 15 hours
Status of the Peasant Movement in Guangning, Gaoyao, and Qujiang: 6 hours
Status of the Peasant Movement in Haifeng and the East River Region: 4 hours
Military Movements and the Peasant Movement: 6 hours
Legal Knowledge: 9 hours
Statistics: 9 hours
Agricultural Knowledge: 16 hours
Introduction to Rural Cooperatives: 10 hours
History of Revolutions in Various Countries: 9 hours
Revolutionary Painting: 14 hours
Revolutionary Songs: 4 hours
These courses provided a general foundation in revolutionary theory and methods, with a particular focus on the theory and methods of the peasant movement. For most courses, lecture notes or reference materials were distributed to students.

**Military Training**
The students were divided into two squads, each subdivided into six sections. One squad leader and six section leaders were appointed to oversee them. During the months of May, June, and July, formal military training was conducted over 10 weeks, totaling 128 hours of drill. This aimed to prepare students to lead the armed self-defense of peasants upon graduation.

**Fieldwork Practice**
Fifty students were sent to Shaozhou for one week of practice, and the entire cohort went to Haifeng for two weeks. The Haifeng practice took place near graduation. After prolonged theoretical study, students immersed themselves among revolutionary peasant masses, observing their organization and witnessing their daily lives. This profoundly strengthened their resolve to engage in the peasant movement.

**Theoretical Research Beyond the Classroom**
This session appointed one full-time instructor who, in addition to classroom teaching, guided students in theoretical research outside class. The instructor was Xiao Chunü, with Mao Zedong also participating. Each student received a full set of the following books:
The Three Principles of the People
Consequences of the Policy of Imperialism
Outline of Imperialism
Outline of the Capitalist System
A Brief History of Social Evolution
Manifesto and Resolutions of the First National Congress of the Chinese Nationalist Party
Chinese Peasant Monthly
Peasant Movement Weekly
Liyue Zhoubao (Plowshare Weekly)
The Chinese National Movement and Its Strategies
Collected Discussions on Sun Wen-ism
Mr. Sun Yat-sen’s Instructions to the Peasants
The Peasant Policy of the Chinese Nationalist Party
Declaration of the Revolutionary Government on the Peasant Movement
Regulations of the Guangdong Provincial Peasant Association and the Organizational Law of the Peasant Self-Defense Army
Important Resolutions of the First Guangdong Peasant Congress
Important Resolutions of the Second Guangdong Peasant Congress
Current Strategies of the Hunan Peasant Movement
Introduction to Peasant Cooperatives
Lenin and the Peasants
The Peasant International
The Russian Peasantry and Revolution
Research on the Peasant Question in China
Land and Peasants
Agricultural Policy of Soviet Russia
Social Revolution and the Peasant Movement
The Peasant Movement in Japan, Germany, and Italy
Infantry Drill Manual
For important books, the full-time instructor first listed key questions from each text, posted them publicly, and then instructed students to read and answer the questions while making notes, with deadlines for submission. The instructor selected several answers, corrected them, wrote them out neatly, and posted them on the wall as “model answers.” All student papers were then returned, and students were directed to correct their errors using the model answers. This method greatly aided their theoretical research.

**Research on Practical Peasant Issues**
Since students came from various provinces and were soon to return to work there, it was essential to study the practical peasant issues of each province. Thirteen peasant problem research groups were organized for Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan-Guizhou, Guangdong-Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangsu-Zhejiang, Shandong, Fengtian-Zhili, Henan-Shaanxi, and the three special districts. Each group was organized by students from the respective province, with one secretary and one to eight record-keepers managing affairs. Meetings were held once to twice a week, with the academic director providing guidance. These provincial groups led students in beginning to study practical issues and conducting the following nationwide investigations:
**Compilation and Printing of the Peasant Problem Series**
To meet the research needs of comrades working in the national peasant movement, unnecessary expenses from the original budget were strictly reduced, and the saved funds were used to compile and print the Peasant Problem Series. The series comprises 52 titles, 17 of which have already been published:
1) Mr. Sun Yat-sen’s Instructions to the Peasants
2) The Peasant Policy of the Chinese Nationalist Party
3) Declaration of the Revolutionary Government on the Peasant Movement
4) Regulations of the Guangdong Provincial Peasant Association and the Organizational Law of the Peasant Self-Defense Army
5) Important Resolutions of the First Guangdong Peasant Congress
6) Important Resolutions of the Second Guangdong Peasant Congress
7) Resolutions on the Peasant Movement Passed by the First Congress of the Guangdong Provincial Party Headquarters
8) Current Strategies of the Hunan Peasant Movement
9) Introduction to Peasant Cooperatives
10) Lenin and the Peasants
11) The Peasant International
12) The Russian Peasantry and Revolution
13) Research on the Peasant Question in China
14) Land and Peasants
15) Agricultural Policy of Soviet Russia
16) Social Revolution and the Peasant Movement
17) The Peasant Movement in Japan, Germany, and Italy
The following are still in print or being edited:
18) Overview of the Guangdong Peasant Movement
19) Report on the Haifeng Peasant Movement
20) The Complete Account of Peasant Resistance Against Landlords in Guangning
21) The Complete Account of Peasant Resistance Against Landlords in Puning
22) Important Agricultural Products of China
23) Overview of China’s Foreign Trade in Important Agricultural Products
24) National Agricultural Administrative, Experimental, and Educational Agencies
25) Agricultural Progress in Various Countries and Its Causes
26) Problems of Agricultural Production in China
27) Overview of the National Peasant Movement
28) The Land Rent Problem in China
29) Landlord-Tenant Relations in Various Regions
30) The Problem of Usury in China
31) The Land Tax Problem in China
32) Tax Resistance Movements in Various Provinces
33) The Problem of Excessive Taxes
34) Analysis of Peasants in Various Provinces
35) Origins of Landlords
36) Ancestral Halls
37) Local Public Associations
38) Local Political Organizations of Each Province
39) The Armed Forces of China’s Landlord Class
40) The Problem of Natural Disasters
41) The Problem of Military Disasters
42) The Problem of Corrupt Officials
43) The Problem of Local Bullies and Evil Gentry
44) Wages in Various Regions
45) Weights and Measures in Various Regions
46) Problems of Rural Education
47) Problems of Rural Religion
48) The Status of Women in China’s Rural Areas
49) Views and Sentiments of Chinese Peasants
50) Rural Literature
51) Rural Idioms
52) An Introduction to the Peasant Problem in China
If this series is fully published, it could indeed fulfill a significant role in supplying materials for the urgent current research on peasant issues and the rapid development of the peasant movement.

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1) Rental rates
2) Relations between landlords and tenants
3) Unrest over rent resistance, reduction, and grain price stabilization
4) Interest rates
5) Cases of default, debt collection, and bad debts
6) Land taxes
7) Tax resistance situations
8) Likin, miscellaneous taxes, levies, and temporary surcharges
9) Comparison of the numbers of owner-cultivators, semi-owner-cultivators, tenants, and hired laborers
10) Origins of landlords
11) Comparison of goods prices and agricultural product prices
12) Wages
13) Unemployment conditions
14) Organization of ancestral halls and clan affairs
15) Organization and financial status of local public associations

16) Local political organization
17) Local political conditions
18) Secret societies and bandits
19) Local defense conditions
20) Educational conditions
21) Types of foreign goods sold and their impacts
22) Military disasters and their effects
23) Natural disasters and their effects
24) Corrupt officials and their impacts
25) Situations of opium smoking, gambling, and theft
26) Local products and their markets
27) Status of women
28) Peasants’ views and sentiments
29) Comparison of past and present land prices
30) Comparison of past and present agricultural product prices

31) Conditions of rural organizations
32) Soil fertility and barrenness
33) Religious beliefs and conditions
34) Weights and measures
35) Folk songs
36) Idioms