Comments and Revisions on the Explanation by the Chinese Writers Association Regarding the Public Issuance of Certain Sections of Hu Feng’s Report to the Central Committee [1] (January 12, 1955) To Liu, Zhou, and Deng [2]: Please review immediately; return to Comrade Lu Dingyi [3] for implementation as instructed. ··· Mao Zedong made some minor textual additions and revisions on January 12 [4]. Printed according to the manuscript.
In July 1954, Hu Feng submitted to the CPC Central Committee a report offering his views on literary and artistic issues [ ], which was then referred by the CPC Central Committee to our Presidium for handling.
The Presidium deemed that the sections of the report pertaining to literary and artistic thought and to organizational leadership touched upon important issues in the current literary and artistic movement, primarily directed against the year 195…