Chen Yinke's 1958
by Wu Dingyu
About This Novel
In Chen Yinke's life, 1958 was one of the years that attracted much attention. So, what exactly happened this year? How did he cope? What significant impact did these things have on his teaching, scientific research and psychology? This article examines official documents, newspaper articles, archival materials, private diaries and memoirs from the time, trying to restore the truth of this period of history. On March 11, 1958, People's Daily published an excerpt of a long speech delivered by Chen Boda, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, who had served as Mao Zedong's secretary, at the fifth meeting of the Scientific Planning Committee of the State Council on "Thick the Present and Believe the Past, Learn While Working", revealing Mao Zedong's views on "bourgeois" intellectuals.
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