I read it once. It is well written and only needs a few minor revisions.
Parts I, IV, and V have fewer issues and only require minor revisions. Parts II and III have
more issues and require major revisions or rewriting. The drawback is that there are too
many arguments, which are almost like a collection. Consider combining the two parts,
deleting repetitions, and not describing many stages. Do not mention the names of any
members of the Central Cultural Revolution Group.
I have read it once and made some revisions [3]. It is generally acceptable. I think it should
be further condensed, and empty words and unnecessary adjectives should be deleted as
much as possible. Please decide as you see fit, Comrade Lin Biao.
Please review, Comrade Lin Biao. Return to Comrades Zhang Chunqiao and Yao Wenyuan.
There are some minor revisions. [4]
Mao Zedong
4 p.m. on the 29th of March
This document has been reviewed, and comments [5] have been sent for review in advance.
Comrade Lin Biao:
I have reviewed it again and made some revisions [6], primarily swapping the fourth section
with the third section and designating the final subsection as the fifth section. This was
suggested by Comrade Guo Moruo [7], and I believe it is a reasonable suggestion. Please
consider whether this is acceptable. Please inform Comrades Zhang and Yao. Mao Zedong
2:00 p.m. on the 31st of March



Comrade Lin Biao reviewed it. I think this revision is better [8]. Only a few changes were
made on page 24. The new edition [9] will be left for review. Please return this document to
Comrades Zhang and Yao after you have reviewed it.
Mao Zedong
April 7, 23:00
Read and understood.
Yes, you can.
After the deaths of Marx and Engels, the parties of the Second International, with the
exception of the Bolshevik Party led by Lenin, almost entirely betrayed Marxism.
Guided by Chairman Mao's proletarian revolutionary line, the broad masses of revolutionary
people threw themselves into the struggle. Peking University wrote a large-character poster
[10] in response to the Central Committee's call. Large-character posters criticising bourgeois
reactionary ideas quickly spread across the country. Then, batches of Red Guards rose up,
and revolutionary youth became brave pioneers.
Over the past three years, traitors, spies, unrepentant capitalists, and counterrevolutionaries have attempted to undermine our great people's army, but they have not
succeeded because the people support the army and the army protects the people.
For those who have committed errors in following the capitalist road but are otherwise good
people, once they have raised their level of awareness and gained the understanding of the
masses, they should be promptly released, assigned appropriate work, and encouraged to go
among the workers and peasants to transform their worldview. For those who have made
some progress and begun to develop some awareness, we should continue to provide
assistance from the perspective of unity.
If class enemies stir up trouble again, mobilise the masses to overthrow them once more.



Chairman Mao pointed out in a conversation in October 1968: "We have achieved a great
victory. However, the defeated class will continue to struggle. These people are still here, and
this class is still here. Therefore, we cannot say that we have achieved final victory. We
cannot say this for decades to come. We must not lose our vigilance. According to Leninist
principles, the final victory of a socialist country not only requires the efforts of the domestic
proletariat and the broad masses of the people, but also depends on the victory of the world
revolution, on the elimination of the system of human exploitation across the entire planet,
and on the liberation of all humanity. Therefore, it is wrong to casually declare the final
victory of the revolution; it violates Leninist principles and does not align with reality." [11]
Here, we would also like to emphasise the relationship between our country and foreign
countries. [12]
Based on the historical experience of the First and Second World Wars, it can be concluded
that if imperialists, revisionists, and reactionaries impose a Third World War on the people of
the world, it will only greatly accelerate the development of these contradictions, spur the
people of the world to rise up in revolution, and send all imperialists, revisionists, and
reactionaries to their graves. [13]


[1] This article was written on the first part of the draft report submitted for review by Zhang
Chunqiao, Deputy Head of the Central Committee's Cultural Revolution Group, and member
Yao Wenyuan on 16 March 1969; this article was written on the fourth and fifth parts of the
draft report submitted for review on 21 March (the second and third parts had already been
submitted for review earlier); this article was written on the revised draft report submitted
for review on 25 March; Part Four and Part Five were written on the two revised drafts of
the report submitted for review on 28 March; Part Six was written on the revised draft of the
report submitted for review on 31 March; Part Seven was written on the revised draft
submitted for review on 7 April; Part Eight was written on the revised draft of the report
submitted for review on 10 April; Part Nine was written on the report and Party Constitution
text correction draft submitted for review on April 25 by Kang Sheng, an advisor to the
Central Committee's Cultural Revolution Group; Parts Ten to Seventeen are revisions to the
previously submitted drafts, with the text added or revised by Mao Zedong printed in italics.
On April 1, 1969, Lin Biao delivered a report at the Ninth National Congress of the
Communist Party of China. On April 14, the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party
of China held a plenary session and adopted this report. On 14 April, the Ninth National
Congress of the Communist Party of China held a plenary session and adopted this report.



The full text of the report is divided into eight sections: 1. On the preparation for the
‘Proletarian Cultural Revolution’; 2. On the process of the ‘Proletarian Cultural Revolution’;
3. On conducting the struggle, criticism, and reform seriously; 4. On the policy regarding the
‘Proletarian Cultural Revolution’; 4. On the policies of the ‘Proletarian Cultural Revolution’; 5.
On the final victory of our revolution; 6. On the rectification and construction of the Party; 7.
On our relations with foreign countries; 8. The entire Party and the people of the entire
country must unite to strive for greater victories. This report was published in the People's
Daily on 28 April.
[2] Lin Biao was re-elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of
the CPC Central Committee at the 11th Plenary Session of the 8th CPC Central Committee,
and soon after was named Vice Chairman of the CPC Central Committee.
[3] Mao Zedong's revisions to the draft submitted for review by Zhang Chunqiao and Yao
Wenyuan on 25 March 1969, except for this article,  were all individual deletions of words.
[4] Mao Zedong's revisions to the draft submitted for review by Zhang Chunqiao and Yao
Wenyuan on 28 March 1969, in addition to this article sections 10 and 11, he also deleted
the following passage: "Chairman Mao's leadership, his belief in and reliance on the masses,
his visionary and decisive leadership as a great proletarian leader, were the fundamental
guarantees that this revolution could be launched, could overcome all obstacles, and could
achieve victory." In addition, there were a few other minor revisions.
[5] That is, on this article.
[6] Mao Zedong's revisions to the draft submitted for review by Zhang Chunqiao and Yao
Wenyuan on 31 March 1969, in addition to sections 12 to 16 of this article, also deleted the
following passage: ‘Under the leadership of our great leader Chairman Mao, the Ninth
National Congress of the Communist Party of China was solemnly convened.’ Additionally,
there were minor textual revisions. The third and fourth sections of this draft manuscript
dealt with issues related to China's relations with foreign countries and the Party's
rectification and construction, respectively. After Mao Zedong adjusted the order, they were
published as the sixth and seventh sections, respectively. The final subsection of the section
that Mao Zedong changed to the fifth section was published as the eighth section of the
report, with the subtitle ‘The entire Party and the people of the entire country unite to strive
for greater victories.’
[7] Guo Moruo, then Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's
Congress and President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
[8] Zhang Chunqiao and Yao Wenyuan wrote on page 24 of the draft submitted for review on
7 April 1969: "For the bad elements identified among cadres and intellectuals, except for
those with conclusive evidence of murder, arson, poisoning, and other current counterrevolutionary activities, who should be dealt with according to law, a policy of not executing



and not arresting the majority should be adopted."  When Mao Zedong reviewed the
document, he changed the phrase ‘bad elements identified among cadres and intellectuals’
to ‘bad elements or suspicious individuals identified during the movement to purge the class
ranks.’
[9] In their review report dated 7 April 1969, Zhang Chunqiao and Yao Wenyuan wrote:
"There are two types of manuscripts here: one type has the revisions noted or pasted in, and
the other type is a new manuscript that has been revised and rearranged."
[10] This refers to a large-character poster written on 25 May 1966 by Nie Yuanzhi, Song
Yixiu, Xia Jianyao, Yang Keming, Zhao Zhengyi, Gao Yunpeng, and Li Xingchen of the
Philosophy Department of Peking University, entitled "What exactly did Mo Shuo, Lu Ping,
and Peng Peiyun do during the Cultural Revolution?”
[11] This is an excerpt from Mao Zedong's conversation with the Albanian party and
government delegation on 5 October 1968. Mao Zedong made revisions when reviewing it,
and the text printed in italics is what he added. All text in quotation marks is printed in bold
type when published.
[12] This is a sentence added by Mao Zedong before the third section of the draft submitted
for review by Zhang Chunqiao and Yao Wenyuan on 31 March 1969. The third section was
later changed by Mao Zedong to the fourth section, and when it was published, it was
changed again to the seventh part, entitled ‘On Our Relations with Foreign Countries.’
[13] ] In the draft submitted by Zhang Chunqiao and Yao Wenyuan for examination on March
25, 1969, this sentence originally read "send the American imperialists and Soviet
revisionists to their graves."