Chapter 121 Letter on the Research Questions of "Dream of Red Mansions" [1]

Letter of Research Questions[1] (October 16, 1954) Comrades: Please read the two articles[3] refuting Yu Pingbo[2].This is the first serious attack in more than thirty years on the erroneous views of so-called research authority writers.The author is a member of two youth league members.At first they wrote to the "Literary News" asking if they could criticize Yu Pingbo, but they were ignored.They had no choice but to write to teachers at their alma mater, Shandong University, and received support, and published their article refuting "A Brief Commentary on A Dream of Red Mansions" in the school's journal "Wen Shi Zhe".The problem came back to Beijing. Some people requested that this article be reprinted in the People's Daily in order to cause controversy and criticize, but some people used various reasons (mainly "articles by small people", "Party newspapers are not places for free debate") ") objected, but it could not be realized; the result was a compromise, and this article was allowed to be reproduced in the "Literary News".Later, the "Literary Heritage" column of "Guangming Daily" published the two young people's article refuting Yu Pingbo's "A Study of the Dream of Red Mansions".It seems that the struggle against Hu Shih's bourgeois idealism, which has poisoned young people for more than 30 years in the field of classical literature, may be able to start.Things are done by two "little people", but the "big people" often don't pay attention to it and often block it. They talk about a united front with bourgeois writers in terms of idealism, and are willing to be captives of the bourgeoisie. " and "Wu Xun Biography" screened the situation is almost the same."Secret History of the Qing Palace", which is known as a patriotic film but is actually a traitorous film, has not been criticized so far after it was screened nationwide. Although "Wu Xun Biography" has been criticized, it has not drawn a lesson so far, and there have been strange incidents of tolerating Yu Ping-po's idealism and blocking "little people" from vigorously criticizing articles. This is worthy of our attention.

Mao Zedong October 16, 1954 Bourgeois intellectuals like Yu Pingbo should of course adopt an attitude of solidarity with them, but they should criticize their erroneous ideas that poison the youth and should not surrender to them. Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Mao Zedong wrote on the envelope of this letter: "Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Chen Yun, Zhu De, Deng Xiaoping, Hu Sheng, Peng Zhen, Dong Lao, Lin Lao, Peng Dehuai, Lu Dingyi, Hu Qiaomu, Chen Boda, Guo Moruo, Comrades Shen Yanbing, Deng Tuo, Yuan Shuipai, Lin Danqiu, Zhou Yang, Lin Feng, Kai Feng, Tian Jiaying, Lin Mohan, Zhang Jichun, Ding Ling, Feng Xuefeng, Xi Zhongxun, He Qifang. Retire Mao Zedong".

[2] Yu Pingbo (1900-1990), a native of Deqing, Zhejiang.Author of "A Brief Commentary on the Dream of Red Mansions", "Research on the Dream of Red Mansions" and so on. "A Brief Commentary on a Dream of Red Mansions" was published in the March 1954 issue of "New Construction"; Research". [3] Refers to the two articles "A Brief Commentary on Dream of the Red Chamber and Others" and "Comment on the Study of Dream of the Red Chamber" written by Li Xifan and Lan Ling. "A Brief Commentary on A Dream of Red Mansions" and Others was originally published in the ninth issue of Shandong University's "Literature, History and Philosophy" in 1954, and was reprinted in the eighteenth issue of "Literary News" in 1954. "Comment on "A Dream of Red Mansions"" was published in the "Literary Heritage" column of "Guangming Daily" on October 10, 1954.