Chapter 25 Notes to "How Land Reform Was Carried Out in Nao County, Shanxi" [1]

(March 12, 1948) This is a newsletter from Nao County, Shanxi.In this newsletter it is stated that the mass struggle there has already begun, that the distribution of the land has been fully conceived by the masses, and that all preparations for the equal distribution of the land have been completed at a peasant representative conference.There were many people who made mistakes in classifying the class, but it has been openly and clearly discussed by representatives of the masses, and it has been decided to correct it.Criticized the erroneous views of not giving landlords the necessary way out of life, not distinguishing between landlords and rich peasants, and violating the interests of middle peasants.In short, the line expressed at the peasant representative meetings of the two districts described in this newsletter is absolutely correct.When the author wrote this newsletter, land distribution had not yet been practiced in Nao County, so the experience was incomplete.We hope that after the local implementation of the correction of class division errors (this is a major event), the implementation of the equal division of land, organization of production, transformation of political power, etc., there will be a newsletter describing the entire process.Regarding how to carry out party consolidation work in the countryside, we have the typical experience of Pingshan County in Jinchaji District (this is summed up by Comrade Liu Shaoqi).Regarding how to adjust the land in the old areas instead of dividing the land equally (because it has already been divided there), we have the typical experience of Huangjiachuan, Suide County, Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia District.Now there is another experience (although not complete) of equally dividing land in Nao County, Jinsui District.These three experiences deserve to be printed into a pamphlet and distributed to working cadres in every village.This kind of pamphlet describing typical experiences is much more vivid and richer than the resolutions and instruction documents issued by our leading organs. The anti-Marxist-Leninist commandism and tailism.The leading comrades of the central bureaus, sub-bureaus and front committees, after issuing resolutions or instructions on the various important tasks under their leadership, should pay attention to collecting and disseminating selected typical experiences so that the mass movements they lead can follow the correct path. route forward.Now is the time when tens of millions of people are attacking the reactionary system of feudal compradors according to the direction pointed out by the party. The responsibility of the leaders is not only to point out the direction of struggle and set the tasks of struggle, but also to sum up specific experience, Disseminate these experiences quickly to the masses, so that the correct ones will be promoted and the wrong ones will not be repeated.

Mao Zedong March 12, 1948 According to the "People's Daily" published on March 24, 1948. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is the report to Li Jingquan, secretary of the Jinsui Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, on February 8, 1948 by Tan Zhengwen, Director of the Social Affairs Department of the Jinsui Branch of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, on the holding of a representative conference on land reform in Nao County, Shanxi.When Mao Zedong wrote a note for this report, he changed the title to "How Land Reform Was Carried Out in Shanxi's Nao County".This article was published together with the commentary in the People's Daily on March 24, 1948.