Chapter 123 The Belated "Criteria for Dividing Rightists"

The "Anti-Rightist Movement" gradually came to an end.However, there is still no unified and clear standard for what kind of person is a "rightist". The "anti-rightist movement" has produced so many unjust, false, and wrongly decided cases. The big reason is that there is no clear classification standard for "rightists". At the beginning of the "Anti-Rightist Movement", the "Six Criteria" mentioned by Mao Zedong in "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People" were used to divide the "Rightists".However, these "six criteria" were originally just "criteria for distinguishing fragrant flowers from poisonous weeds", and they were just a big frame of principle.Therefore, using the "six criteria" to classify "rightists" can easily lead to misclassification.

Carrying out such a massive "anti-rightist movement", but without clear criteria for dividing "rightists", how can we not disrupt the war? !What's more, they emphasized "anti-warmth" again and again, and every time they opposed it, a large number of "rightists" increased! Since the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China did not issue a unified standard for classifying "rightists", "since the anti-rightist struggle began, many localities and departments have drawn up some standards for classifying rightists and asked the central government to review and approve them. Considering the struggle According to the actual needs of the Communist Party of China, the central government believes that it is necessary to formulate a unified standard, so as to prevent the division of rightists by various units. Notice on "Criteria for Classifying Rightists".

The "Notice", which was issued belatedly, said: "Now the criteria for classifying rightists that have been discussed and approved by the central government will be sent to you. Please immediately issue them to all units that are engaged in the anti-rightist struggle, and study them carefully. When classifying rightists, you must immediately Take this as the standard." The "Notice" pointed out that the "standards for classifying rightists" are as follows: one Anyone whose speech or action falls into the following categories shall be classified as a rightist:

(1) Against the socialist system.Oppose the socialist revolution in urban and rural areas, oppose the basic social and economic policies of the Communist Party and the people's government (such as industrialization, unified purchase and marketing, etc.); deny the achievements of the socialist revolution and socialist construction; adhere to the capitalist stance and promote the capitalist system and bourgeois exploitation. (2) Opposing the dictatorship of the proletariat and democratic centralism.Attack the struggle against imperialism and the foreign policy of the people's government; attack the struggle to eliminate counter-revolutionaries; deny the achievements of the "five major movements"; oppose the transformation of bourgeois elements and bourgeois intellectuals; attack the Communist Party and the people's government's personnel system and Cadre policy; calls for replacing socialist political, legal and cultural education with bourgeois political, legal and cultural education.

(3) Oppose the leadership of the Communist Party in the country's political life.Oppose the Communist Party's leadership in economic and cultural undertakings; maliciously attack the leading organs and leaders of the Communist Party and the people's government, slander worker and peasant cadres and revolutionary activists, and slander the revolutionary activities and organizations of the Communist Party for the purpose of opposing socialism and the Communist Party in principle. (4) Splitting the unity of the people for the purpose of opposing socialism and the Communist Party.Inciting the masses to oppose the Communist Party and the people's government; inciting the division of workers and peasants;

(5) Organize and actively participate in small groups that oppose socialism and the Communist Party; plot to overthrow the leadership of the Communist Party of a certain department or a certain grassroots unit; instigate riots that oppose the Communist Party and the People's Government. (6) Advise rightists who have committed the above crimes, solicit connections, pass information, and report the secrets of revolutionary organizations to them. two Those who have any of the following conditions shall be classified as extreme rightists: (1) Careerists, leaders, masterminds and backbone elements in rightist activities.

(2) Those who put forward anti-Party and anti-socialist programmatic opinions and actively advocate such opinions. (3) Those who carry out anti-Party and anti-socialist activities are particularly vile and resolute. (4) A group of anti-communist and anti-people elements in history who were active in reactionary activities during this offensive. three Those who have any of the following circumstances should criticize and correct their mistakes, but they should not be classified as rightists; (1) Not against socialism and the leadership of the party on a fundamental standpoint, but only against partial work systems, partial policies that do not belong to principles, problems in work, academic problems, individual organizations of the Communist Party, Individual staff who express dissatisfaction and criticism, even if their opinions are wrong and their words are sharp, should not be classified as rightists; similarly, they are not opposed to socialism and the party's leadership on a fundamental standpoint, but only ideologically. Some wrong people should not be classified as rightists.

(2) People who have had thoughts similar to the rightists but have not published or disseminated them, and have already thought they were wrong and self-examined them, or who have said something similar to the rightists by chance, and now they have admitted their mistakes, and they have never contradicted them in history. People who are anti-socialist in the party should not be classified as rightists. (3) People who made wrong remarks about the socialist economic and political system or the leadership of the Communist Party, but did not actively promote them. Facts have proved that they are not out of hostility. Those who express their willingness to change after being corrected should not be classified as rightists.

(4) Those who once blindly echoed the words and deeds of the rightists who were anti-Party and anti-socialist, or were once deceived into joining a small rightist group, or were once used by the rightists, and after understanding the mistakes of the rightists, quickly stood on the correct stand and broke with the rightists People should not be classified as rightists. (5) People who used to stand in a reactionary position in history and have not changed significantly now, but who did not carry out reactionary activities during the rightist offensive period should not be classified as rightists.

(6) All suspected elements between rightists and center-rights should not be classified as rightists until sufficient materials have been checked to identify them as rightists, and they should not be treated in the same way as fighting rightists. The "Notice" also pointed out several precautions: 1. The national anti-rightist struggle is generally carried out in a healthy manner, and the number of rightists is generally appropriate, but there are also cases where there are too many and too few.However, when the movement entered an in-depth stage, and after effectively correcting sentimentalism and right-leaning sentiment, some units relaxed the standard of rightists a bit, and even classified rightists as the case, which deserves more attention.Regardless of whether there are too many or too few strokes, they should be corrected in a timely and realistic manner according to the correct standards.However, if there are too many rightists and units that need to be corrected, they must pay attention to protecting the enthusiasm and sense of justice of the masses and activists, so as not to give people the wrong impression that "the anti-rightist struggle has gone too far."Some middle-right elements have words and deeds that are not conducive to socialism, but they are not right-wing enough. If they are fighting as right-wingers, don’t publicly declare that criticizing them is wrong, because they should be criticized if they have wrong words and deeds.However, they should be classified internally as Center-Rightists, treated as Center-Rightists, and pay more attention to education and struggle. At the right time, they can announce that they have repented due to minor circumstances, and take off their rightist hats.

2. In order to correctly classify rightists and achieve the goal of neither too much nor too little, in addition to appropriate standards, there must also be appropriate review and approval procedures.Any list of rightists determined by each unit must be reported to the party's leading organ at or above the county level for review and approval.The list of senior intellectuals, rightists among important democrats, and other rightists with special circumstances must be reported to the party leadership at or above the provincial level for review and approval. 3. In addition to carefully reviewing the list of rightists reported by their units, the leading organs at higher levels must also educate party members and the masses to attach great importance to careful research and specific analysis of the actual situation, and refrain from exaggeration and one-sidedness.At the same time, it is necessary to take the initiative to carefully spot-check and read detailed materials on rightists in the units they belong to, promptly correct mistakes that are too broad and strict, and specify the boundaries of extreme rightists, general rightists, and center rightists. Characters and materials are used as examples to effectively help subordinates master the standards for correct division. Mao Zedong often said, "Learn to swim by swimming." This time, he learned "anti-rightism" while "anti-rightism".It was only after he launched the "Anti-Rightist Movement" that he concluded the "criteria for dividing rightists".However, before this "standard" was issued, hundreds of thousands of people across the country had already been labeled as "rightists"! Although this "standard" also emphasizes that some people "only have certain errors in ideology" and "should not be classified as rightists", in fact, when emphasizing "anti-warmth" and "anti-rightist sentiment", Can't do it.Therefore, more and more people are classified as "rightists". In particular, Mao Zedong repeatedly emphasized that "anti-rightists are the eradication of counter-revolutionaries," a "new-style eradication of counter-revolutionaries," and a "good opportunity to clean up the party, including the democratic parties."As a result, the number of "rightists" has also greatly increased.