Chapter 71 Strengthen the study of religious issues[1]

(December 30, 1963) This document[2] is fine.But no mention of religious studies.We have no knowledge of the world's three major religions (Jesusism, Islam, and Buddhism), which have affected the vast population so far. There is no research institution led by Marxists in China, and there is no publication in this area that can be read. "Modern Buddhism" is not led by Marxists, and the level of articles is also very low.In other publications, there are very few articles written from the viewpoint of historical materialism. For example, the few articles on Buddhism published by Ren Jiyu[3] are very rare, and those who talk about Jesus and Islam have never seen it.You cannot write a good history of philosophy without critical theology, nor can you write a good history of literature or world history.Comrades in the Propaganda Department please consider this point.

Mao Zedong December 30 Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is the comment written by Mao Zedong on the instruction draft of the CPC Central Committee forwarding the report of the Central Foreign Affairs Group and the Central Propaganda Department on strengthening research on foreign affairs on December 30, 1963. [2] Refers to the report to the Central Committee of the CPC Central Committee Foreign Affairs Group and the Central Propaganda Department on December 15, 1963 on strengthening research on foreign affairs.

[3] Ren Jiyu, born in 1916, is from Shandong Plain.He was a professor at Peking University at the time.