Jiang Qing:
After reading these materials, temporarily keep them with you.
Mao Zedong
February 5

[1] These seven documents were submitted in January 1966 by Xu Liqun, Deputy Minister of
the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, to Peng Zhen, a member of the
Political Bureau and Secretary of the CPC Central Secretariat. On February 1, Peng Zhen
forwarded them to Mao Zedong and others. Mao Zedong's comments are written on the
table of contents of these seven documents. The seven documents are: 1. A discussion
among the editors of six Beijing newspapers and magazines regarding the discussion and
issues surrounding "Hai Rui Dismissed from Office"; 2. A report on Zhang Chunqiao's
comments over the phone; 3. A report on the political formulations in four manuscripts by
Guan Feng and others; 4. A report on a letter from Guo Moruo; 5. Several essays written by
Guan Feng in 1962 and one essay written by Deng Tuo in 1962; 6. Materials on "Hai Rui's
Memorial" and "Hai Rui Carrying the Yarn"; 7. Self-criticisms published in newspapers and
magazines by actors who participated in the performance of "Hai Rui Dismissed from
Office”.
[2] "Hai Rui Dismissed from Office" is a new historical drama created by historian and deputy
mayor of Beijing Wu Han. It was completed at the end of 1960 and started to be staged at
the beginning of 1961. In early 1965, Jiang Qing and Zhang Chun were together in Shanghai
Bridge secretly planned, written by Yao Wenyuan to write an article "Commentary on the
New Historical Drama "Hai Rui Dismissed from Office"" and will be compared The academic
criticism of "Hai Rui Dismissed from Office" developed into a political critical movement in
the field of literature and art, and this critical movement The movement became the prelude
and direct fuse of the "Cultural Revolution". March 2, 1979, by the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China With approval, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee made a
decision to rehabilitate Wu Han's unjust case.