Comrade Yao Wenyuan [1]:
I have read it and think it is acceptable. I have removed a few exaggerated adjectives [2].
Please consider it.
Mao Zedong
December 29, 4:00 a.m.

[1] Yao Wenyuan, then a member of the Cultural Revolution Group of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of China, submitted the 1968 New Year's Day editorial draft for
People's Daily, Red Flag, and Liberation Army Daily, titled "Welcome the Complete Victory of
the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution," to Mao Zedong for review on December 28,
1967. He wrote: "The New Year's Day editorial has been discussed and approved at the
meeting (twice). I am submitting it here. Please review and approve its appropriateness!"
The editorial was published in the two newspapers and one magazine on January 1, 1968.
[2] In the draft editorial Yao Wenyuan submitted for review, Mao Zedong deleted the phrase
"long live the red sun in the hearts of the people of the world!" from the sentence "We
sincerely wish our great mentor, Chairman Mao, the red sun in the hearts of the people of
the world, a long life! Long live the red sun!" He also deleted the five words "highest level"
from the sentence "The Chinese Communist Party is armed with the highest level of
contemporary Marxism-Leninism—Mao Zedong Thought."












1967: Writings and Speeches
Mao Zedong
Contents

Title
Date
Page
Number
Directives on the Cultural Revolution of 1967

January 1
Comments on Liu Shaoqi's Letter Regarding the Red Guards'
Call for a Public Criticism at the Beijing Institute of Civil
Engineering
January 6
Instructions on the Tao Zhu Issue
January 8
Speech to the Central Cultural Revolution Group
January 9
The Importance of the Cultural Revolution in Government
Agencies
January 9
Comments on Two Telegrams, "Shanghai Revolutionary Rebels
Launch a General Offensive Against the Bourgeois Reactionary
Line," and Other Items
January 10
Comments on "A Congratulatory Message to the Revolutionary
Rebel Groups in Shanghai" and Five Other Documents
January 11
Comments on the Central Committee's Draft Notice on Not
Directing the Spearhead of Struggle at the Military and Three
Other Documents
January 12
and 13
Comments on the Red Flag Magazine Commentary Article,
"Proletarian Revolutionaries Unite"
January 14
Speech at the Enlarged Meeting of the Standing Committee of
the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee (Excerpt)
January 16
Comments on Bringing Representatives from Guizhou to
Beijing for Study
January 21
Comments on the report of the Yanbian Autonomous
Prefecture Party Committee requesting the Central Cultural
Revolution Group to send a telegram to stop the conflict
January 21
Comments on the Nanjing Military Region Party Committee's
Report Requesting Whether to Send Troops to Support the
Rebels
January 21
Instructions on the Seizure of Power in the Broadcasting
System
January 23
Proletarian Revolutionaries Unite to Seize Power
January 23
Reply to Zhang Chunqiao's Telephone Request for Instructions
on Seizing Power
January 23
Comments on the Draft of "Decision on the People's Liberation
Army's Resolute Support for the Revolutionary Left Masses"
January
We must practice thrift to make revolution

1967



Comments on the Study of the Scope of the Military Seizure of
Power
January 26
Comments and Revisions on the Draft Military Commission's
Eight-Point Order and the Central Committee's Draft Notice
January and
February
Speech at the Enlarged Meeting of the Military Commission
January 27
Instructions on the Cultural Revolution in the Military
January 27
Comments on Zhang Bosen's report on the Hunan issue
January 27
Instructions on Foreign Friends' Participation in the Cultural
Revolution
January 28
Comments on Tan Zhenlin's [1] Report on the Situation of
Several Departments in the State Council's Agricultural
Department
January 30
Comments and Revisions on the Red Flag Editorial Draft, "On
the Proletarian Revolutionary Faction's Struggle for Power"
January 30
Comments on the publication of the "Notice of the Guizhou
Proletarian Revolutionary Rebellion General Headquarters" and
other documents
January 31
Discussing the Seizure of Power with Zhou Enlai
January
Discussing with Foreign Guests How to Read Big-Character
Posters
January
Instructions on Seizing Power
January
Comments on persuading the Red Guards to allow Wang
Renzhong to seek medical treatment
February 2
Comments on Zhou Enlai's Letter to Chen Boda and Jiang Qing
February 2
The struggle must be civilized. Adhere to cultural struggle, not
physical struggle.
February 3
Comments on a telegram from the Tibet Military Region Party
Committee
February 7-8
Conversation with Kabo and Balluku
February 8
Comments and Revisions to the Draft "Regulations on the
Prohibition of Arbitrary Shooting by the Army in Support of the
True Proletarian Revolutionaries in Their Struggle for Power"
February 9
Comments on the broadcast of "The Basic Experience of the
Red Rebels in the Struggle for Power in Heilongjiang Province"
February 9
Comments on the Central Military Commission's Draft and
Supplementary Draft Regulations on the Cultural Revolution for
Leading Organs at the Army and Above
February
Instructions on the Cultural Revolution in Shanghai
February 12
and 18
Comments on Wang Mingkun's report on the establishment of
the "Xi'an Area Revolutionary Rebel Committee"
February 14
Comments on Sending Personnel to Investigate and Summarize
the Military Training Experiences of Two Beijing Middle Schools
February 14
Comments on Tan Zhenlin's Letter to Lin Biao
February 17
Conversation with Some Politburo Members
February 18



Comments on the Red Flag Editorial Draft, "We Must Treat
Cadres Correctly"
February 18
and 22
Comments on the Beijing Garrison's Two Summary Reports on
Military Training in Colleges and Middle Schools
February 19
and March 23
Comments on the Press Release on the Establishment of the
Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee
February 20
Comments on the Central Committee's Draft Letter to the Poor
and Lower-Middle Peasants of the People's Communes and
Cadres at All Levels in Rural Areas Nationwide
February 20
Comments on Understanding the Situation of Leading Cadres
of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee
February 24
and 28
Comments on the public reports on the Guiyang Cotton Mill's
integration into the administrative system
February 27
Comments on Zhang Riqing's article "Unwavering Support for
the Proletarian Revolutionaries' Struggle to Seize Power"
February 27
Instructions on the Formulation of Seizing Power
February 27
Comments on the Need to Pay Attention to the Phenomenon
of Counter-Revolutionary Restoration
February 28
Directive on the Question of Sectarianism
February
We must immerse ourselves in work and be good at thinking.
February
Comments on a briefing on promoting Mao Zedong Thought in
factories organized by the Shenyang Military Region.
March 3
Comments on the report on achieving school-wide unity at
Tianjin Yan'an Middle School based on classroom teaching
March 7
Comments on the Guizhou Provincial Military Region's
Experience in Supporting Leftist Work
March 7
Comments on the report on the experience of the troops
stationed at Dukou in supporting the left
March 7
Comments and Revisions on the Editorial Draft for the Red Flag
Magazine, "On the Revolution's 'Three Combinations'"
March 7
The revolutionary "three-in-one" policy must be implemented.
Establish a Revolutionary Committee
March
Comments on the Report on the Preparatory Work for the
Seizure of Power in Beijing
March 9
Comments on the Procedure for Establishing Revolutionary
Committees in Various Places
March 10
Comments on the Postponement of the Establishment of the
Tianjin Municipal Revolutionary Committee
March
Comments on the Central Committee's Draft Letter to Workers
and Cadres of Factories and Mines Nationwide
March
Instructions on the Central Committee of the Communist Party
of China's publication of the materials regarding the surrender
and betrayal of Bo Yibo, Liu Lantao, Yang Xianzhen, and others
March 16
Comments on the document "Serious Chaos in the
Transportation Situation at the Qiqihar Railway Bureau"
March 19



Comments on the Central Committee's Draft Notice on
Stopping the Nationwide Mass Link-ups
March 19
Comments on Nie Rongzhen's Report on Military Takeover and
Restructuring of National Defense Research Institutions
March 20
Instructions on "Three Beliefs and Three Reliances"
March 20
Comments and Revisions on the Article "Patriotism or National
Betrayal?"
March 23
Comments on the Draft Decision of the CPC Central
Committee, the State Council, and the Central Military
Commission on the Implementation of Military Control over
the Daqing Oilfield
March 23
Comments on a Brief Report on the Cultural Revolution in Yibin
March 27
Comments on the article "'Strike the Large, Protect the Small' is
an Integral Part of the Bourgeois Reactionary Line"
March 29
Comments and Revisions on Lin Biao's Speech at a Conference
of Military and Higher Cadres
March 30
Comments on the article "The Bourgeois Reactionary Line on
the Cadre Question Must Be Criticized"
March 30
The Basic Issue of the Two-Line Struggle
March
Don't Get Carried Away with Victory
March
Instructions on Newspaper Work
March
Instructions on Party Organizations
March
Conversations on Criticizing "Self-cultivation"
March-April
Instructions on the Notes and Other Issues of the Selected
Works of Mao Zedong
March
A paragraph added to the draft of the Central Committee's
decision on the Anhui issue
April 1
Comments and Revisions on the Central Military Commission's
Ten-Point Order on Supporting the Left
April 4 and 6
Comments and Revisions on Jiang Qing's Speech at the
Enlarged Meeting of the Military Commission.
April
Conversation During a Meeting with Xie Fuzhi
April 19
Comments on the Report on the Arrest, Detention, and
Custody and Investigation of Individuals in Huifang, Sichuan
Province
April 23
Comments on Bringing the Leaders of the Two Henan Factions
to Beijing for Discussions and Resolving the Problems
April 23
Comments and Notes on the Material "Shaanxi Garrison
Responsible Comrades Humbly Listen to the Masses' Opinions
and Improve Their Work"
April 23
Instructions on the Army's Support for the Left
April
Directive on the Cultural Revolution in Sichuan
April
A Conversation with a Comrade
April
On the Issue of Military Control
April
On the Great Unity of the Revolutionaries
April
Anarchism is a punishment for opportunism
April



Instructions on the Cadre Question
April-May
Conversation with the Albanian Military Delegation
May 1
"May Day" Speech to Central Leaders
May 1
May Day Conversation with the Director of the Revolutionary
Committee
May 1
Conversation at the May Day Gala in Zhongnanhai
May 1
Instructions on Cotton and Grain Work
May 1
Instructions on the Great Criticism
May 2
Comments and Revisions on the Article "The key to ‘Self-cultivation’ is betrayal of the dictatorship of the proletariat"
May 4, 6 and
Comments on Zhang Xiangshan's Report on the Translation of a
Quotation from "On Contradiction"
May 4
Comments on the Shandong Provincial Military Region's Report
on Directing the Spearhead of Struggle toward the People's
Liberation Army in the Shandong Region
May 7
Comments on the Guangdong Provincial Military Control
Commission's Report on the Training of Cadres Supporting the
Left
May 7
Comments on the publication of the material "How did the
troops conducting military training at Beijing Normal University
support the left?"
May 7
We must trust and rely on the masses, the People's Liberation
Army, and the majority of cadres.
May
Comments on the Central Cultural Revolution Group's
Propaganda Opinions on Commemorating the 25th
Anniversary of the Publication of the "Speech at the Yan'an
Forum on Literature and Art"
May 9
Comments on a Letter Reflecting on Problems in the Jinan Area
May 10
Comments on a Letter Reporting Problems in Supporting the
Left in the Jinan Military Region and the Shandong Provincial
Military Region
May 11
Comments on a Letter from Qin Houde [I], a Supporter of the
Left in the Jinan Military Region
May 13
Comments on the Important Notice of the Beijing Municipal
Revolutionary Committee
May
Comments on the Report on Supporting the Left by the
Guangdong Provincial Military Control Commission and the
Hunan Provincial Military Region
May 14
Comments and Revisions on the Article "A Great Historical
Document"
May 18
Comments on the Summary of Huang Yongsheng's Speech at
the Talk with the "Guangzhou Federation of Trade Unions"
Rebels
May 23
Comments on Jiang Qing's Inappropriate Participation in the
Sino-Burmese Party Talks
May 26



Comments from the Central Military Commission on the 54th
Army's Report on its Work with the Opposition
May 27
Comments on the involvement of some children of highranking officials in the house raids
May 28
Comments on the letter from Tang Wensheng and Wang
Hairong
May 29
Comments on the Implementation of Military Control in Gansu
and the Establishment of the Provincial Revolutionary
Committee
May and July
Comments on the Decision on the Implementation of Military
Control over the Ministries (Commissions) of the State Council
(Trial Draft)
May
We must break away from the ideology of bourgeois right.
May
Instructions to the Beijing Municipal Revolutionary Committee
May
Revolution Requires Class Sentiments
May
Call to the Shanghai Revolutionaries
May
Call to the Shanghai Municipal Revolutionary Committee
May
Directives on the International Situation
May
Several Instructions on Handling Military-Civilian Relations
May
Veteran cadres should make new contributions during the
Cultural Revolution.

Instructions on Summer Harvest
June 3
Instructions on External Propaganda
June 18
Comments on a Letter Reporting on the Rebels' Extravagance
and Ostentation in Several Xi'an Schools
June 21
On the Issue of Hunger Strike and Sit-in
June 29
We must guide petty-bourgeois ideology onto the track of
proletarian revolution

Instructions on the Support Work of the 8341st Unit and
Comments on the Support Work Report
June and
November
Instructions after viewing two big-character posters by the
Xi'an Normal University rebels and a letter to the Central
Cultural Revolution Committee
June
Instructions on the Movement of Central Departments
June
Correct Mistakes
June
Instructions on the Issue of Traitors
June
Conversation with Zambian President Kaunda (Excerpt)
June 24
Revision of the Speech of the Chinese Red Guards Delegation
to Albania
June
Instructions for Yao Wenyuan's Visit to Albania
June
On Susceptibility to Revisionism in Ideology
June
Instructions on the Burmese Question
July 1
Comments on the issue of stopping the construction of Mao
Zedong statues, etc.
July 5 and 13
Comments on sending troops to stop the armed conflict in
Ganzhou
July 6



Comments on Two Versions of Chairman Mao's "On Education" July 6 and
December 6
We must focus our criticism on the biggest capitalist roaders in
power within the Party.
July 7
Speech after Listening to the Report of the Hydrogen Bomb
Work Conference
July 7
Message of condolence from Mao Zedong and others on the
death of Nguyen Chi Thanh
July 8
Comments on the draft notice of the General Staff and the
General Political Department on carrying out Lin Biao's
instructions to build a large-scale full-length statue of Mao
Zedong
July 12
Comments on the Central Committee's Notice on Prohibiting
the Incitement of Peasants to Enter Cities for Armed Combat
July 13
Instructions on Not "Going Too Fast"
July 13
Speech at a Meeting with Military Leaders
July 13
Central Committee's Reply to the Wuhan Military Region Party
Committee Regarding the July 20 Incident in Wuhan
July 25
Comments and revisions to the draft of "A letter to the
revolutionary masses and the broad masses of commanders
and fighters in Wuhan"
July 25
Guidance to military comrades
July
On the slogan of "surrounding the cities from the countryside"
July
Instructions on Long Shujin of the Hunan Military Region
July
Instructions on the Education Revolution
July
Instructions on the Wuhan Incident
July
Directives Regarding the August 1st Army Day
July
Added to the People's Daily editorial of July 30, 1967
July
Instructions on Party Organizations
July
Talks during inspection tours of North China, South Central
China and East China
July to
September
Comments on Zhang Jichun's letter regarding the use of
models in art schools
August 4
Regarding some names in the text of Selected Works of Mao
Zedong Comments on not deleting or modifying them during
translation
August 4
Comments and revisions to the Central Committee's draft
decision on the Hunan issue
August 4 and
Comments on the article "To Take the Socialist Road or the
Capitalist Road?"
August 11
Several instructions on Chen Yi
August 11
Instructions and Revisions on "A Letter from the CPC Central
Committee, the State Council, the Central Military Commission,
and the Central Cultural Revolution Group to Coal Industry
Workers"
August 16



Comments on the Central Military Commission and the Central
Cultural Revolution Committee's proposal to establish training
courses for armed cadres in various provinces
August 18
Comments and revisions to the article "Comments on Two
Books by Tao Zhu
August and
September
Comments on the "Call for Launching a Movement to Support
the Army and Love the People"
August 25
August 27 Directive
August 27
Instructions on the Grand Union
August
Comments on the editorial in the 12th issue of Red Flag
magazine in 1967
August
Instructions on the Tianjin and Hebei Issues
August
The main target of revolution under the dictatorship of the
proletariat
August
Instructions on armed struggle
August
Instructions on the issue of the army supporting the left
August
We must defeat the capitalist-roaders politically, ideologically,
and theoretically
August
Instructions on public security work
August
The spearhead of the struggle must be directed at the
representatives of the bourgeoisie
August
Seven-character verse: Carry the revolution through to the end  Summer
Telegram from Mao Zedong and others congratulating the
22nd anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Republic
of Vietnam
September 1
Comments on the Draft Order Prohibiting the Seizure of
People's Liberation Army Weapons, Equipment, and Various
Military Supplies
September 5
Comments on Qi Benyu's self-criticism letter
September 7
Comments and revisions to the transcript of Lin Biao's speech
to Zeng Siyu and Liu Feng
September 13
and October
Instructions on the Cultural Revolution in Zhejiang
September16
Instructions on the Cultural Revolution in Hunan
September18
Instructions during the inspection of Henan
September 22 273
Instructions during the inspection of Wuhan
September 23 275
Comments on the draft of the "Urgent Notice on the
Immediate Return to Original Units of Students in Other Places
and Petitioners in Beijing"
September23
Instructions on the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in
Jiangxi
September27
Comments on the editorial of two newspapers and one
magazine, ‘Long Live the Victory of the Cultural Revolution
under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat’
September 28
and 30
Comments on Lin Biao's speech for the 18th anniversary
celebration of National Day
September 29 286



A Discussion on the ‘May 16th’ Group
September
Instructions on Journalism
September
Instructions on Celebrating National Day
September
Meeting with Prime Minister Numaza of the Republic of the
Congo
October3
Comments on Chen Boda and Jiang Qing's report on the
selection and compilation of Liu Shaoqi's speeches
October 9
Realizing a Great Revolutionary Unity According to the System

Comments on the Qinghai Provincial Report on the Restoration
of Party Organizational Life and Revisions to the Central
Committee's Draft Reply
October24
and 27
Comments on Nie Rongzhen's Report on the Adjustment and
Reorganization of the National Defense Scientific Research
System
October 25
Inscription for Li Zhifen
October 29
The rebels must listen to Premier Zhou's words
October
Instructions on the Revolutionization of Party Organizations
October
Comments on the Editorial Board Article "Advancing Along the
Path Opened by the October Socialist Revolution"
October and
November
The Proletarian Educational Revolution Must Rely on
Proletarian Revolutionaries

Talks on the Ninth National Congress and Party Rectification
November 5
Reposting Chen Yonggui's Comments on the Rural Cultural
Revolution Movement
November 7
Comments on the Brief Report on the Mao Zedong Thought
Study Classes in the Prefectures, Prefectures, and Counties of
Yunnan Province
November 15
Forwarding the Jiangxi Provincial Revolutionary Preparatory
Group's Notes on the Experience of Working Methods
November 16
A Speech to the Representatives of the Congress of Active
Studiers of Chairman Mao's Works in the Navy
November 19
Comments on the article "The Struggle of Two Roads in Rural
China" by the editorial board of two newspapers and one
journal
November 20
Comments on the "Red Riot" at Zhejiang University: The
Principle of Unity Should Be Maintained
November 22
Do not impose external propaganda on others
1967 to 1970
Telegram from Mao Zedong and others congratulating the 23rd
anniversary of the liberation of Albania
November 28
Comments on the Draft of the Central Committee's Notice on
Soliciting Opinions on Convening the Ninth National Congress
November
Comments and Revisions on the Central Committee's Draft
Directive on the Cultural Revolution in Rural Areas This Winter
and Next Spring
November
Military training sessions must include soldiers

Comments on the Absolute Authority of the Great Tree
December 17



Comments on the draft of "Decision on the Implementation of
Military Control over Xinhua News Agency"
December 17
Telegram Congratulating the National Liberation Front of South
Vietnam on its Seventh Anniversary
December 19
Comments on the New Year's Day Editorial Draft of Two
Newspapers and One Magazine, "Welcome the Complete
Victory of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution"
December 29