Revolution means to liberate the productive forces; revolution means to
promote the development of the productive forces.
239  Sun Wukong, is the monkey king in the Chinese novel Journey to the West [Xiyouji]
written in the 16th century.
240  Peng Zhen, the then Mayor of Beijing and a Politburo member. He was a close confidant of Liu Shaoqi. The “Group of Five” was set up in early 1966, under the leadership of
Peng Zhen, and produced a report dated February 7, which sought to orient the Cultural
Revolution in the direction of academic and ideological debate rather than “class struggle.”
This was revoked by a circular of the CC dated 16 May, drawn up under Mao’s personal
guidance, which also dissolved the “Group of Five” and set up the new “Cultural Revolution Group” directly under the Standing Committee of the Politburo. See Appendix 2,
pp. 428-435.
241  See “Question Raised at the (Enlarged) Meeting of the Standing Committee of the
Political Bureau of the Central Committee”, p. 242 of this volume.