Chapter 59 Mao Zedong approved Hu Qiaomu's "Unusual Spring"

Although the "People's Daily" editorial "Why? "Only ten days after it was published, the political situation in China has changed drastically. Judging from the initial disclosure of the counterattack against the "rightists", Zhang Bojun, Luo Longji, Fei Xiaotong, and Chu Anping are all members of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League.Among the democratic parties, the China Democratic League has the most serious problem.In Shi Liang's words, the Central Committee of the China Democratic League is already in a situation where "ten eyes are watching, ten fingers are pointing".

There are also many problems in the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.After more than ten days of exposure, Long Yun, Huang Shaohong, Chen Mingshu, and Tan Tiwu have been repeatedly exposed in the newspapers, and it is no doubt that they are classified as "rightists". The China Democratic National Construction Association concentrated its firepower on Zhang Naiqi... In view of the fact that all the democratic parties have exposed a group of "rightists", since June 18th, the democratic parties have decided to carry out rectification. Originally, the CCP asked the democratic parties to help the rectification, but now it is the democratic parties with the help of the CCP. Carry out your own rectification.

The rectification movement of the democratic parties actually means that the left wing of the democratic parties criticizes the "right wing" of the democratic parties and launches an "anti-rightist movement" among the democratic parties. At this time, in addition to revising and publishing his "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People" to guide the "anti-rightist movement", Mao Zedong also reviewed and revised the important editorial of "People's Daily" drafted by Hu Qiaomu twice. Ordinary Spring".This editorial was published as the headline on the front page of the People's Daily on June 22, 1957.

Hu Qiaomu, known as "a pen of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China".Hu Qiaomu called the spring of 1957 an "unusual spring". Because of Fei Xiaotong's "Early Spring Weather of Intellectuals", which was called "the signal flare for the attack of the bourgeois rightists", it caused the whole country to talk about the weather.Hu Qiaomu also talked about the weather in "An Unusual Spring": "In the current debate, some people will inevitably think of the weather. Although everyone cannot agree on the position, it is an objective fact that different positions have different feelings about the political climate. In our From the socialist point of view, the present weather is indeed a sunny day in a good spring."

Hu Qiaomu attacked the "rightists": For them, whether it is "speaking loudly" or "helping the rectification movement", this is only a catalyst, a pretext.Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was aimed at Pei Gong.The rightists "sound out" with the intention of attacking the socialist system and overthrowing the leadership of the proletariat and the Communist Party.That being the case, the working class, laboring people and revolutionary intellectuals cannot but resolutely launch a counter-offensive. It is worth noting that when Mao Zedong reviewed this editorial, he added this sentence:

"Many facts have now proved that some people had other intentions long ago. Not only did they disapprove of the socialist revolution, but they also disapproved of the thorough democratic revolution against imperialism and feudalism." This passage of Mao Zedong inspired people to connect the present and the past of the "Rightists" when they "anti-Rightists". After reviewing and publishing Hu Qiaomu's article, Mao Zedong wrote a letter to Hu Qiaomu to reprint Guo Moruo's article: The "Guo Moruo article" mentioned by Mao Zedong refers to the talk published by Guo Moruo, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to the Guangming Daily reporter on June 28 in the Guangming Daily, entitled "Dial Open the clouds and see the blue sky".

Guo Moruo was one of the most influential democrats in China at that time.His political status is very special: before that, as early as 1927, he participated in the famous Nanchang Uprising and joined the Communist Party of China.Later he left the party, so he became a democrat; after that, he rejoined the Communist Party of China in 1958. Guo Moruo and Luo Longji left Beijing on June 3, 1957 to attend the World Peace Council in Sri Lanka.Guo Moruo, head of the delegation of the People's Republic of China, returned to Beijing with Luo Longji on June 22. As soon as his soul was determined, Guo Moruo met with the reporter of "Guangming Daily" and spoke about the "Anti-Rightist Movement".

Mao Zedong immediately noticed Guo Moruo's conversation.Under Mao Zedong's instruction, "People's Daily" reprinted Guo Moruo's speech on June 29 and changed the title to "The Dark Clouds Dissipate, and the Sun Shines Brighter—Guo Moruo Talks about the Anti-Rightist Struggle." Guo Moruo is a poet.He said in poetic language: "In a short period of time, the various fallacies of the rightists have deceived some people and caused some confusion. However, it is just like a cloud of dark clouds, covering the sun for a while. . . . ' Yes. The clouds cleared and the sun shone brighter."

In Guo Moruo's talk, he focused on the question of why "the speaker is not guilty" became "the speaker is guilty": "Some people may ask: Didn't they say, 'The speaker is not guilty, and the one who hears it is a warning'? Why is the speaker guilty again?" Speaking of this, Guo Moruo said with emphasis: "Actually, it is very difficult to answer this question. Simple: 'The speaker of the innocent is not guilty; the speaker of the guilty is still guilty'." Obviously, it is much more convenient for Guo Moruo to answer such a very sensitive question as a democrat than Mao Zedong himself.

What Guo Moruo said, "The speaker of the innocent is not guilty; the speaker of the guilty is still guilty" is extremely confusing in logic: First, what distinguishes the "innocent" from the "guilty"?In other words, what is the boundary line between crime and innocence? Secondly, Guo Moruo defined "the one who speaks is not guilty" as the scope of "the innocent". The speaker is guilty", and the speaker is determined to be a "guilty speaker"!