)◦—Things produced by people in the small rooms are sometimes not very tasty, while those made by people on the mountaintop are sometimes not very attractive. Some of the former even believe, “I am the best in the world; at least I’m second best.” Likewise, there are also those on the mountaintop who put on a rough-and-tumble act, constantly bragging, “I’ve marched twenty-five thousand li!” But we should no longer be content with that—what came before can be regarded as merely a preparatory phase. We ought to shed some of our arrogance. It is highly necessary to systematize the cultural achievements of the past ten years, train thousands of cultural cadres, and dispatch them to work on various fronts across the country… Our approach should follow the united-front principle. The united front serves simultaneously as the guiding direction for art. 168
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