It’s impossible for it to be this fast.
11 1
This statement is an exaggeration.
Four
What deserves severe criticism are those villains who flaunt the banner of communism while selling anti-communist dog meat,
not authors who are not actually anti-communist. There may indeed be criticism, but it is unlikely to be the main point—certainly not “severe” criticism.
Question
[1]
This annotation was written next to a sentence in Zhang Shizhao’s letter stating that the Cultural Revolution was “a quick, decisive battle from start to finish.”
[2]
In his letter, Zhang Shizhao said, “My so-called Guide is entirely based on Liu Zongyuan’s views, sticking to the text and explaining it literally, which clearly amounts to merely polishing the corpse of feudal literary thought.” Mao Zedong drew a vertical line beside the latter half of this sentence and wrote this annotation.
[3]
Zhang Shizhao’s letter stated: “Works of this kind, when placed in today’s thriving new society, will inevitably prompt progressive, energetic new writers from among peasants and workers to launch a scathing, all-out critique that leaves them utterly exposed.” Mao Zedong drew a vertical line next to the phrase “scathing, all-out critique” and wrote this annotation.
Five
Why has it come to this?
Ill
[I]
In his letter, Zhang Shizhao wrote that because of his book The Guide to Liu’s Writings, he had “become an obstacle to the people’s upward progress. In other words, rather than being the target of this Cultural Revolution, I have unwittingly fallen into the dark line of opposing the Party and the people and thus deserve punishment.” Mao Zedong drew a vertical line next to the phrase “fallen into the dark line of opposing the Party and the people and thus deserve punishment” and wrote this annotation.
Comment on Approving the Dispatch of a Temporary Working Group to the People’s Daily [l]