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| 7. See
The Laws of the People's Republic of China, 1979-1982,
compiled by the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, pp. 313-14.
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| 8. See note 6 above. Zhou gives the date for the document as 12 June. This was the day that Mao gave his approval for the document to be distributed, which was on 19 June.
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| 9. Both "the personality cult" (
geren chongbai
) and "contemporary superstition" (
xiandai mixin
) are euphemistic shorthands for the Cultural Revolution period Mao cult and its continued post-1976 influence.
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| 10. In regard to these holy places (
shengdi
), see Barmé, "Archeo-tainment: Fantasy at the Other End of History."
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| 11. A May 4th period writer who, in a series of essays published first in Hong Kong and later on the Mainland, commented on the need for individuals to admit their complicity in the horrors of the CultRev period.
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| 12. See Ba Jin "`Wenge' bowuguan," in Ba Jin,
Suixianglu,
"Diwuji: wutiji," pp. 134-38. For a translation of this essay, see Barmé and Minford, eds.,
Seeds of Fire,
pp. 381-84.
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| 13. Ye Yonglie, a writer of reportage, was one of the most prolific writers of popular Cultural Revolution-related semi-fictional literature. Born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, in 1940 and a graduate of Beijing University, he published numerous biographical works of "faction" which he called "Party history literature" (
dangshi wenxue
). See Ye, Yonglie "Lishi xuanzele Mao Zedong,"
Xinyuan (Jijian Mao Zedong zhuanhao),
1992: 4, p. 144. See also the inside cover of his book
Hu Qiaomu.
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| 14. The "red sea" (
hong haiyang
) policy was pursued by Red Guards. The result was that revolutionary slogans, Mao quotes and portraits were painted on all available surfaces and buildings.
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| 15. The Lin Biao and Jiang Qing cliques consisted of: Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, Wang Hongwen, Chen Boda, Huang Yongsheng, Wu Faxian, Li Zuopeng, Qiu Huizuo, Jiang Tengjiao who were tried in 1980, and those who predeceased the trial: Lin Biao, Kang Sheng, Xie Fuzhi, Ye Qun, Lin Liguo, and Zhou Yuchi.
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| 16. Before the Cultural Revolution, Chen Yi was Minister of Foreign Affairs, He Long was the head of the Sports Commission, Peng Dehuai a general purged in 1959 for criticizing the Great Leap Forward and attempts to rehabilitate him in the 1960s became the ostensible cause of the Cultural Revolution, Deng Tuo was an editor and writer whose satirical essays led to his demise, Lao She was a leading playwright and novelist who committed suicide after being denounced, Fu Lei was a famous translator of French literature who killed himself. Zhang Zhixin was a Party member who was executed in 1975 for denouncing the Cultural Revolution.
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