Hu Shi’s school of thought has not undergone any substantial criticism.348
In the area of classical literature we are still guided by the thought of the Hu
Shi school.
Some people say that once a person gets criticized he can no longer lift up
his head; well, there will always be one side that cannot lift up its head. If everybody raised his head it would be capitulationism.
It is not that they are not on the alert. In fact they are very alert. Their
tendency is very obvious. They defend bourgeois thought, they like things that
oppose Marxism, and they view Marxism with hostility.
The abominable thing is that Communist Party members do not propagate
Marxism. If Communist Party members do not propagate Marxism, what is
the point of their being Communist Party members? Wenyi Bao [Literary Gazette] must be criticized. Not to do so would be unfair.
All new things are brought up by “nobodies”. The young people have great
aspirations and resolution to fight. We must open up paths for the young people and support “nobodies”