Chapter 156 Ye Yonglie made a panoramic scan of the "Anti-Rightists"

Mainland writer Ye Yonglie's "Historical Elegy - Inside Story of the "Anti-Rightist" Movement" uses rare internal documents, letters, speeches and other materials to make a comprehensive and in-depth report on the "Anti-Rightist" Movement in mainland China in 1957.From top to bottom, this book describes the ins and outs of the whole incident, especially focusing on revealing the attitude and strategy of the top authorities of the CCP before and after the incident, and also presents the experience and mentality of the "rightists" who were fooled and tortured back then.This book was recently published by Hong Kong Tiandi Book Publishing Company.

At the beginning of 1996, a female reporter from Hong Kong called and said that she had seen a new book published in mainland China in Hong Kong and interviewed me about the writing and publication of this book.In this way, I learned that in addition to the Hong Kong version of "Historical Elegy-An Inside Story of the Anti-Rightist", there is already a mainland version of "Historical Elegy--The Story of the Anti-Rightist" in the Hong Kong market.Booksellers in Hong Kong pay close attention to the publishing trends in the mainland, and purchase bestsellers from the mainland at a very fast speed—because the mainland editions are often much cheaper than the Hong Kong editions, and Hongkongers can also read simplified characters, so many Hongkongers I like to buy mainland edition books.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, Mr. Huang Ping, a Hong Kong reporter, came to my house and said that he had read a book review on "Historical Elegy: The History of the Anti-Rightists" in Hong Kong's "Ming Pao" a few days ago, and brought it to me by the way. It was the color special edition of "Sunday Reading" of Hong Kong's "Ming Pao" on February 11, 1996. It prominently published the color cover of the book "Historical Tragedy - The End and End of the Anti-Rightist Movement" and marked: Title: "Historical Elegy - The Beginning and End of the Anti-Rightist Movement"

Author: Ye Yonglie Also published Mr. Pu Feng's book review "You Must Know the Anti-Rightists".The book review says: To welcome 1997, Hong Kong people need to know more about Chinese history.In addition to learning about the Opium War and how the British colonialists invaded China, you also need to read more about contemporary Chinese history.In addition to the well-known Great Leap Forward and the "Cultural Revolution", the anti-rightist movement in 1957 should not be ignored... There are many books on the "Cultural Revolution", including monographs that describe and analyze in detail, and there are also memoirs of many parties involved. Compared with it, monographs that fully describe the anti-rightist movement are relatively rare.The more detailed one is Ye Yonglie's new work.

The advantage of Ye Shu is that he has a lot of first-hand information.He not only interviewed many living important parties, but also interviewed their close relatives and friends after the parties died, to understand the background of each party and the experience after being classified as a rightist.On the other hand, I have access to the original documents of the year, including the speeches of the rightists and the anti-rightist instructions within the CCP, which can basically outline the original appearance of the events of the year and expose some unknown inside stories of the year. The rightists Luo Longji, Zhang Bojun, and Chu Anping, who had never been formally rehabilitated, defended them with facts.

This book does not shy away from Mao Zedong's responsibility.Although there is no disrespect to Mao in the text, but the words and deeds of Mao before and after the Anti-Rightist movement are enumerated. ... Another advantage of this book is that it is not taboo for some "sages".It is recorded that Lao She, Mao Dun, and Wu Han all severely criticized others when they were anti-rightist.Especially Wu Han, we all know that he was one of the "Three Family Villages" during the Cultural Revolution and was a famous victim.But Ye revealed that the victim had been ordered to beat others back then.

Hong Kong's "Ming Pao" commented very pertinently pointed out the flaws in the book "Historical Tragedy - The History of the Anti-Rightists": Ye has traced the experience of almost all famous rightists, and the narrative is mainly concentrated on the top figures to preserve the truth, but it is inevitable that there is a lack of descriptions of the victims at different levels. Zhang Dandan's book review "The First Comprehensive Discussion on the Tragic Fate of the Rightists" published in the third issue of "Ming Pao Monthly" in 1996 pointed out:

"It can be said that this book is not only a total vindication of the 'rightists' in spirit and morality, but also a material that inspires people to further explore the fate of Chinese intellectuals." On April 9, Hong Kong's "Ming Pao" reported in detail the publication of "Historical Elegy: The History of the Anti-Rightists".In those few days, many newspapers in Hong Kong reported on it.Hong Kong's "Asia Weekly" reported the book in two pages and published a cover photo. My literary friend in Malaysia sent the local "Sin Chew Daily" a report on May 19, 1996.

A friend as far away as North Dakota in the United States said in a letter in May: "It's so fast, the newspaper here has advertised, and the title of the book has been changed to "Historical Tragedy-An Inside Story of the Anti-Rightist Movement". The report, from top to bottom, describes the ins and outs of the entire incident, the attitude and strategy of the authorities before and after this incident, including rare internal documents, letters and speeches..." Taiwan's "China Times" reported on the book on June 2.The "World Journal" of the United States also published a detailed report on this book.

"Historical Elegy - The History of the Anti-Rightist Movement" is a book that has been written for many years.Although it has been published, it still needs to be constantly revised and supplemented.With the help of the "May 7th Warriors" and the readers, many revisions and additions have been made when this book is revised and republished.