Draft Outline of Speech at the Chengdu Conference [1]
(March 1958)
Draft Outline of Speech at the March 9th Meeting

Collaboration Issues [2]
How to combine central work and non-central work? (Below the county level) [3]
Tax system and prices
Local industry labor law
Regulations:
Big problem or small problem
Never reflects, for example, does agriculture reflect?

Is it dialectics, or one-sidedness?
"Combining theory with practice," practice is not acknowledged
Superstructure (relationship between politics and professional work), liberation and fettering of productive forces?
Eight years of dogmatism, not learning the lessons of Wang Ming's dogmatism
"Can only copy," not entirely true, I think only a portion of people in history commit dogmatism
My purpose is not to rectify people
A kind of pressure, unable to think independently, the essence is still a new continuation of historical errors.
The second ledger [4]!
Exactly how many years to complete the ten-year agricultural plan
Massive recruitment of workers
Balance issues
Balance theory issues
Imbalance is absolute, unconditional, universal, and permanent
Balance is relative, conditional, [not] universal, and temporary
Many things, take imbalance as balance, for example, people have old and young, know more and know less, tall and short, fat and thin, the amount and depth of knowledge, can never be balanced. The spirit of the times exists, consensus exists, it's just one aspect.
Grain contracting is a major issue

Local industrial development speed issues
Fighting issues
Contrary to Europe, reverse the development of local individuality [1]
Developing productive forces - a theoretical issue
Superstructure and economic base, production relations and the current situation of productive forces, the trend of contradictions being basically overcome (temporary, decisive during the transition period)
Comparison of two methods - a theoretical issue,
The opposition and struggle of contradictions, taking Hebei as an example
The fourteen items of culture and education [2]
Technical revolution and cultural revolution
Let's talk again about the theory of continuous revolution
False reporting, empty shouting, not doing (impractical) issues
New situation of rectification, grassroots rectification
New atmosphere of capitalists and intellectuals
Holding a rightist conference issue
Rural tool reform movement (the bud of technical revolution)
Revision of the Sixty Articles [3]

Revolution of the "People's Daily" and local newspapers [1]
International situation and foreign policy
Korean experience
Polish experience
Indonesian situation
Arab world situation
Western situation
Whether to participate in economic collaboration
Is it appropriate to do big business with Japan and small business with Eastern Europe?
National defense plan issues
Then, discuss them one by one, a large number of problems can be solved within a [certain] period of time (for example, two weeks).
For problems that are largely mature and not very mature, make drafts and send them out for comments, and finalize them after a period of time (for example, two or three months).
Riding a horse and dismounting
Issue of the Air Force stationing in Fujian
National defense direction issues
| Slightly theoretical

Plan to train theoretical cadres, for example, Shanxi [1]
The bud of technical revolution
What is the focus of the next meeting?
Industry, culture and education, newspapers, commerce, politics - the commander of all undertakings
The issue of me not being the President of the country
| Hold work area meetings once every two months
Issue of research topics
The issue of the unity of opposites between superstructure and economic base
The issue of the unity of opposites between production relations and productive forces
The issue of research on the three parts of production relations
Take the water conservancy work in Hebei as an example again, and talk about the comparison of the two methods.
"Can see it, can grasp it." Must achieve this. Otherwise, it will be difficult to lead, if it is always like this. Can learn to do this, the problem is to study working methods.
Method of breadth and depth
First breadth then depth.
Gradually broad, gradually deep.
If you try to delve deep at once, drilling into one or two smaller problems, you will inevitably ignore a large number of problems and lose the big problems.
First look at it comprehensively, ask about it, think about it, what are all the problems. Seek breadth.
It is dangerous not to do so.

Two. Draft Outline of Speech at the March 10th Meeting
Learning and originality
- For example, rigidly copying regulations [1]
Party building period, Northern Expedition period
1921-1927
Victory of the October Revolution, Lenin was still alive, class struggle in Russia was fierce, Stalin's leadership was not yet stable
Chen Duxiuism occurred in our country, its source is the domestic bourgeoisie
Civil War period
1927-1934 (Zunyi Conference)
Three "Left" leaning lines occurred in our country
Its third time (1931-1934), occurred after the victory of the Soviet Union's anti-Trotsky, the victory of anti-German, Polish Menshevik idealism, Stalin's rule began to stabilize, Mif was the director of the Far East Department, so dogmatism came, and had its own characteristics.
Past 8 years
1950-1957
Dogmatism in economic work
Rigidly copied parts and applicable parts
Mainly heavy industry, planning work, banking work, statistical work; secondly, education work, health work; commerce and light industry seem to be less; socialist revolution and agriculture are

Have originality.
These comparisons and analyses are very necessary.
The reasons: (1) Design, construction, and equipment all come from abroad,
We ourselves are not capable;
(2) The Soviet Union and China do not understand each other; (3) Great pressure, such as Stalin, blindly succumbing to such a great pressure. Our Party also has a few people who echo Khrushchev's killing of Stalin under this pressure; interested in anti-personality cult. There are two kinds of personality cult, correct and incorrect, should be distinguished; (4) Forgot historical experience, did not understand the comparative method (unity of opposites), did not know how to set up opposites, did not analyze, did not use their brains.
Current changes:
1956, Ten Major Relationships; Stalin was criticized; more understanding of the Soviet Union; China's understanding of the Soviet Union is deeper.
1957, Report on the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People; Rectification, Anti-Rightist
1958, Hangzhou, Nanning, and the current meetings, anti-waste, anti-conservatism
The reform of the regulations of various departments of the State Council has been proposed
Localities have been decentralized
Marx on the superstructure

Three. Draft Outline of Speech at the March 20th Meeting
The movement to improve agricultural tools should be promoted to all places
Its significance is extremely great, it is a great revolution, rapid and effective. The unity of opposites between modern machinery and improved agricultural tools. Please promote it universally in all provinces, cities, and districts.
Like Henan, at least put forward the slogan of "one to two years," and don't publish it in the newspaper this year, just do it practically.
Each province should not be a gust of wind, let Henan try it for one year this year, and each province can make a great leap forward next year.

As long as the general line is correct (more, faster, better, and more economical, go all out, aim high), completing the Forty Articles one, two, or even three or five years later is not dishonorable.
Each province, city, and district should hold a meeting once every two months, within the province, city, and district. The same goes for collaboration zones.
Adjust the rhythm of production (on the basis of the general line of more, faster, better, and more economical, going all out, aiming high, wave-like advancement, the unity of opposites between urgency and slowness, the unity of opposites between labor and leisure, the unity of opposites between hard work and rest), there must be a rest, replenishment, and training between two battles, this is the law, each transforms into each other (urgency turns into slowness, slowness turns into urgency, labor turns into leisure, leisure turns into labor, combat turns into rest, rest turns into combat, sleep turns into waking up, waking up turns into sleep, meetings turn into adjournment, adjournment turns into meetings, unity turns into struggle, struggle turns into unity, production turns into consumption, consumption turns into production, sowing turns into harvest, harvest [turns] into sowing, spring and summer turn into autumn and winter, life turns into death, death turns into life, female turns into male, male turns into female, oppressor turns into oppressed, oppressed turns into oppressor (for the old oppressor of the past), war turns into [peace] peace, peace turns into war, quantitative change turns into qualitative change, qualitative change turns [into] quantitative change, finite turns into infinite, infinite turns into [finite]. And so on), please think about it, extend it, and educate cadres.
The current line is being created.
The basic points are already there, now a few people feel it is correct,
There are still many people (possibly the majority) who are skeptical, or unconscious, and some people do not believe it at all.
For us, theoretically and in some practices (considerable increase in production, other work also has considerable achievements, most people are in a good mood); but the Four, Five, Eight [1] have not been largely proven, national industrialization has not yet been realized, catching up with Britain in fifteen years is still a slogan, all 165 items

After realization, it will be very good, moderately good, or cause trouble, it has not yet been proven. Therefore, it can be said that the line has begun to form due to the struggle of the masses and the reflection of our thoughts, but it is still to be perfected, still to be proven, it cannot be said that it has been finally completed. Mistakes will still be made, it is impossible not to make them. Making mistakes is precisely a necessary condition for forming a correct line, the unity of the two. The inevitability theory is correct, the avoidability theory is incorrect. Only correctness, no mistakes, there is no such fact, denying the law of the unity of opposites is a kind of metaphysics.

Four
Draft Outline of Speech at the March 22nd Meeting
Zhang Sheng and Huiming [1]
(Publication issues) [2]
Cannot see it, cannot grasp it (picked up sesame seeds, [lost] the watermelon)
What is the reason? Not thinking.
"Like splitting bamboo" "Commanding heights."
Spirit is not high, slave spirit exists, superstitious about classical writers, and has not learned the style of classical writers like splitting bamboo, their style is higher, our style is lower. Afraid of professors, not despising them, but having infinite fear, Marxists fear bourgeois professors. Recently it has been better, Chen Boda seems to have cheered up - a speech [1], a notice [2]. Since ancient times, those who created new ideas, new schools, and new sects were young people with insufficient knowledge, they grabbed new things at a glance and fought with old antiques, erudite old antiques always oppressed them, and they were always able to defeat them, weren't they?
Big-character posters show the pioneering spirit of the masses, the sharpness of criticism, and the vulgar atmosphere is swept away.
And what about us? Always steady, only say three points to everyone, not daring to throw out a whole piece. Enlai dared to speak his mind in the report of the Second Plenary Session in 1956, this is commendable, although it was wrong. Wang Heshou has grown a little edge this time, commendable. The two comrades from Tianjin and Nanjing criticized me, commendable, although it was wrong. Although the articles of Chen Qitong and others [3] are wrong, they dare to put forward different opinions, this is commendable. Chen Yi [4] is another matter.
It is worst not to speak face to face, but to grumble behind one's back.
A sharp attitude and a tactful attitude are both good, depending on the issue and the situation.
Sharpness adopted from the starting point of unity and help will only unite the Party, not split the Party.

It is quite dangerous not to speak.
It is right to choose the timing of speaking. Like those who opposed Wei Zhongxian in the Ming Dynasty, not paying attention to strategy, the Grand Rites Controversy and the Red Pill Case [1], those people were not clever. Bi Gan, Ji An, Zhu Yun, Qu Yuan, Jia Yi [2] were good.
Afraid of being labeled with opportunism, afraid of being dismissed, afraid of being expelled from the Party, afraid of wife and husband divorcing, afraid of going to jail, afraid of being beheaded, the six fears are not good, all must be prepared for. Is it possible not to speak because of these?
"Daring to sacrifice one's life, daring to pull the emperor off his horse."
It is appropriate to speak face to face to Soviet comrades on certain principled issues, not publicly.
We must adapt to the level of the masses' struggle, the masses are now ahead of us. Some of our styles should be changed quickly.
In 1956, three things were owed: there were painful ones, indifferent ones, and happy ones - three attitudes, which is a lesson. There are three attitudes to many issues.
This meeting has solved a large number of problems, which is a step forward compared to Nanning [1]. But there was less discussion of ideas, which seems to be a shortcoming, is it possible not to go to Chongqing and Wuhan, and spend two or three days talking about ideological issues, heartfelt words.
The Three Gorges issue will be resolved here.
It is said to be rectification, but there is no discussion of ideas, is this a contradiction?
Issue of collecting folk songs [2]
Issue of creating schools of thought
The Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences is ruled by the enemy.
Some comrades are willing to be slaves to bourgeois reactionary scholars, it is a colonial

People's spirit is not high (a reflection of being slaves for a long time)
The mainstream of Marxism has reached the East without being aware of it.
The problem of not having knowledge, surrendering to bookworms.

The knowledge problem of the young Marx and Engels.
The knowledge problem of the young Lenin
The young Hegel
The young Darwin
The young Newton
The young Confucius
Yan Yuan, Zeng Shen, Jia Yi, Zhuge Liang, Wang Bi, Xuanzang, Huineng, Li Shimin [1]
Our own people [2]
Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Tan Sitong, Sun Yat-sen, Zhang Taiyan, Zou Rong [3]

Chinese classical scholars
European medieval scholasticism
Comparison of the young days of Jesus and Sakyamuni with scholastic Buddhist scholars
Comparison between us and the rightists, who has the problem?
As long as the direction is right, knowledge can be gradually accumulated
For the knowledge of bourgeois professors, it should be regarded as dog shit, equal to nothing, despise, scorn, disdain, equal to the power and knowledge of the Anglo-American Western world should be despised, scorned, and disdained.
We are not empty dogmatists, we will attach importance to the enemy in tactics, we should fight hard in theory for many years
The sense of inferiority in the Russian literary world of the nineteenth century
An article by Belinsky

Five. Draft Outline of Speech at the March 26th Meeting
How to handle documents?
Sleep for three days, how to proceed
(1) There was no prior planning, both real and virtual industries are promoted (more real, less virtual)
(2) Grasp four times a year, averaging half a month each time, totaling two months
Can provinces, prefectures, and counties do this? (Six times in large areas)
Steadily grasp the emotions of the masses, grasp the progress of construction
(3) Next time: Grasp industry (with coal, electricity, oil, water, land, machinery, construction, finance, trade, banking, forestry, transportation)
The time after that: Grasp culture and education;
1959 Finance, planning; is it possible?
The time after that: Grasp commerce.

(4) How can each province and each department promote both virtual and real, and have both red and expert?
(5) Industry, agriculture, commerce, education, military, and thought, all six must be grasped
(6) Issue of 100 million pounds of trade with Japan in five years
100 million pounds = 280 million US dollars
1 US dollar = 4 RMB
280 million US dollars x 4
1120 million RMB
224 million - annual trade volume with Japan
5 years
56 million US dollars annually
(7) Three classes, or four classes (two exploiting classes, two laboring classes)
① Remnants of imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism, that is, landlords, rich peasants, counter-revolutionaries, bad elements, and rightists who have not yet been transformed;
② National bourgeoisie, that is, the middle forces;
③ Workers and peasants (in the past, they were exploited or independent laborers who did not exploit others)
(8) It is very necessary to liberate the first secretary and some other comrades from some of their heavy work; in this way, it will be possible to do some research work and pay attention to some major issues.
(9) Three regions jointly hold the Wuhan Conference

Will Ye Fei and Liu Jianxun [1] attend the meeting?
Will anyone else from Beijing attend the meeting?