A Passage on the Essence of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
(1968)

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution is, in essence, a great political revolution of the proletariat against the bourgeoisie and all exploiting classes under socialist conditions. It is a continuation of the long-term struggle between the Chinese Communist Party and the broad revolutionary masses under its leadership and the Kuomintang reactionaries, and a continuation of the class struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie.

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On April 10, 1968, the *People's Daily* and the *Liberation Army Daily* published an editorial entitled "Hibiscus Country Ablaze with Morning Sunlight -- Warmly Celebrating the Establishment of the Hunan Provincial Revolutionary Committee." The editorial quoted this passage in boldface after "Chairman Mao recently pointed out profoundly again."