Chapter 73 Carrying out Rectification Study in the Literary and Art Circles

(November 26, 1951) All central bureaus, sub-bureaus, provincial and municipal party committees, party groups of cultural departments of governments at the same level and party groups of literary and art organizations: (1) The Central Committee approved the report [1] made by the Central Propaganda Department to the Central Committee on November 23, 1951, and believed that this report was correct. (2) All central bureaus, sub-bureaus, provincial, municipal, and district party committees themselves, as well as local responsible comrades engaged in literary and artistic work, are requested to pay attention to studying this report, and follow Beijing's method to carry out a well-prepared and purposeful campaign in the local literary and artistic circles. The study campaign for rectification, launching serious criticism and self-criticism, overcoming erroneous thinking among literary and art cadres, promoting correct thinking, rectifying literary and artistic work, so that literary and artistic work can develop in a sound direction.In order to achieve good results in this rectification movement, the comrades in charge of the central bureaus, sub-bureaus, provincial party committees, municipal party committees, and district party committees, and the comrades in charge of the propaganda department must personally grasp the leadership of the rectification movement in the literary and art circles, and first report your plans to the Central Committee. Approved by the Central Propaganda Department. (3) This directive of the Central Committee and the report of the Central Propaganda Department can be published in internal Party journals and can be read by non-Party sympathizers.

Central Committee of the Communist Party of China November 26, 1951 Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This report by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, when analyzing the achievements and shortcomings of the literature and art work in the past two years, pointed out: especially in the leadership of literature and art work, there is a kind of neglect of ideological work, divorce from politics, divorce from the masses, and accommodate the bourgeoisie. Petty-bourgeois tendencies have caused confusion on the literary and artistic front, and some disorganization and lack of discipline are also developing among the party's literary and artistic cadres.For this reason, it was decided to carry out a rectification study among literary and art cadres in order to clarify various erroneous ideas in the literary and artistic circles and earnestly establish the party's effective leadership over literary and artistic work.