History
Within a few years, more than 3 million cadres have been corrected in unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, more than 470,000 Communist Party members have been restored to their party membership, and tens of thousands of affected people have also been liberated. A series of drastic reforms have dealt with a large number of problems left over from history, correctly handled and resolved some contradictions among the people, effectively aroused the enthusiasm of the broad masses of party members, cadres, and people of all social classes, and played an important role in promoting social stability and unity, consolidating and developing the united patriotic front, and promoting the development of the cause of modernization.
In this process, the broad masses of cadres and the masses have been freed from the spiritual shackles of dogmatism that prevailed in the past period. All of a sudden, the ideology inside and outside the party was very active, and there was a grand scene of efforts to study new situations and solve new problems.
At the same time, however, there have been some new ideological trends in society, some of which have had an extremely bad impact.
At that time, the following erroneous ideas mainly appeared, and I will briefly list them.
First, a small number of people think that the focus of the state's work has shifted to economic construction, and is it too hasty?They say that the current policy is to "burn incense to attract ghosts," but now that they have established diplomatic relations with US imperialism, fought wars with their Vietnamese brothers, and removed their hats from the landlords and rich peasants, they have now engaged in the struggle without a target. These people adhere to the previous erroneous policy of "left-leaning" and attack all the policies since the Third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee as restoration, right-leaning, and retrospective. A very small number of people still regard themselves as "fellow party members" and the "Gang of Four"; they spread gossip everywhere, attack party and state leaders, and even set up some illegal organizations to engage in conspiracy and illegal activities. For example, the leaders of some counties in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, believe that the first line is wrong, and even say that the policies after the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee are "thousands of miles against the wind", a "catastrophe", and a disaster that is worse than the "Cultural Revolution";In Beijing and other places, the so-called "Marxist-Leninist and Ideological Research Society" and the "19-member Committee of the Anti-Opportunist League" also appeared, attacking Hu Qiaomu and others by name, and attacking the current policy of taking the capitalist road.
Second, there are still some people who are confused in their minds and have lesions. They failed to give scientific analysis and answers to questions such as why China's economic development was so slow after the founding of the People's Republic of China, why it made such serious mistakes in its later years, why there were continuous political movements, and even such a catastrophe as the "Cultural Revolution", why all socialist countries experienced such problems, and why capitalist countries could achieve rapid and stable development. As a result, there was a crisis of belief in the party's leadership, the ideology, and the socialist road.
Third, there are even a very small number of people who, ostensibly waving the banner of emancipating their minds, in fact distort history and distort reality, and they explicitly demand to take the capitalist road, which in essence is the trend of bourgeois liberalization. In some places, big-character posters and slogans appeared with slogans such as "anti-hunger", "want democracy", "want freedom", and "want freedom". As a result, some people who did not know the truth were instigated, and some people even took to the streets and staged demonstrations. A so-called "Chinese human rights group" posted a big-character poster, begging the United States to "care" about Chinese human rights. There is also a "thaw society", which openly opposes the proletariat**. There is a "democratic discussion meeting" in Shanghai, which openly advocates that "the root of all evil is the proletariat," and some of these people have actually made contact with enemy special elements in order to achieve their goals, and are ready to plot sabotage activities.
If they are not guided and stopped, the situation that has just stabilized is very likely to be destroyed, and the emancipation of the mind advocated by ** and others is very likely to be led astray by those with ulterior motives.
In order to stabilize the situation of stability and unity and unify the thinking of the whole party and the whole country, on March 30, 1979, he made an important speech entitled "Adhering to the Four Basic Principles" in the Great Hall of the People.
The four cardinal principles are: Adhere to the socialist road;Adhere to the proletariat**;Adhere to the party's leadership;Adhere to Marxism-Leninism and ideology.
** Emphasizing that these four principles are not new, but have been consistently adhered to by our party for a long time. Then, ** told the congress about the party's adherence to the four cardinal principles and made an in-depth exposition on the four cardinal principles.
Finally, ** said in his concluding remarks: "* believes that today it is necessary to repeatedly emphasize the adherence to these four cardinal principles, and that every Communist Party member, let alone every ideological and theoretical worker of the Party, must not allow the slightest wavering in this fundamental stand. If any of these four cardinal principles are shaken, the entire cause of socialism and the entire cause of modernization will be shaken. ”
The speech immediately caused a huge sensation throughout the whole party, the whole army, and the whole country, and was unanimously supported by both inside and outside the party. In accordance with the spirit of the speech, all localities immediately launched a resolute struggle against the above three erroneous trends of thought, and soon repelled them, promoted the implementation of the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee, and promoted the in-depth development of ideological emancipation and bringing order out of chaos.
However, after some time, some erroneous currents of thought have reared their heads. For example, in the second half of 1979, people on the streets of Xidan in Beijing continued to post big-character posters or give speeches, walking against the four cardinal principles, and inciting people's discontent. Some people with ulterior motives also use the Xidan Wall to carry out illegal activities that undermine social order. All of a sudden, there was a lot of discussion in the society, and all kinds of noisy voices came into the ears, "* When I got the news, I immediately added fuel and vinegar, making the situation even more chaotic."
In November 1979, he convened a meeting of senior cadres, and he proposed that for those who often posted big-character posters and made speeches on the Xidan wall, meticulous ideological work should be done, and they should be put on the right track as much as possible, and a few bad people should also be appropriately cracked down.
According to the instructions of ***, on December 6, Beijing officially announced that from now on, it is forbidden to post big-character posters on the Xidan Wall.
On January 16, 1980, ** convened a meeting of cadres again, and he proposed: "There are some trends of thought in society, especially among some young people, that need to be paid serious attention to. In the current situation in our country, there is nothing without stability and unity. Without the party's leadership, there will be no situation of stability and unity. In addition, the 'four major congresses' put forward in the Constitution, namely, loud shouting, big release, big character posters, and big debates, have never played a positive role in judging from historical experience and lessons, and are not conducive to the development of socialist democracy at all, and should be deleted. ”
In February, ** again proposed: "The emancipation of the mind must not deviate from the track of the four cardinal principles, and must not harm the political situation of stability, unity, and liveliness." ”
In September 1980, the Third Session of the Fifth National People's Congress passed a resolution to abolish the "Four Congresses".
At this point, I thought that everything would be fine, but the erroneous trend of thinking opposing the four cardinal principles still exists, and the fundamental reason is that some leaders themselves have not been sufficiently vigilant against this, and some leaders even believe that adhering to the four cardinal principles will hinder the emancipation of the mind and will be detrimental to the development of socialist democracy.
On December 25, he convened a meeting again, and he launched a severe criticism of this erroneous thinking, saying: "There are still serious shortcomings in our propaganda work, mainly because we have not been confident, proactive, and convincing in publicizing the four cardinal principles, and we have not waged a resolute and effective struggle against some serious erroneous ideas that oppose the four cardinal principles. What is particularly serious is that certain seriously erroneous viewpoints, erroneous trends of thought, and even some viewpoints that are brazenly opposed to the party's leadership and socialism have appeared in our newspapers and periodicals!And few of you will be able to stand up and fight in a serious way. From today, we must step up ideological and political work and strengthen propaganda and education on the four cardinal principles”
Regrettably, although Deng Gong has been emphasizing the importance of the ideological and propaganda fronts for more than two years, the development of facts has not met expectations.
At the beginning of 1981, some people brazenly attacked the leadership of the Communist Party, denigrated the socialist system, and propagated the idea of bourgeois liberalization in public and even from university podiums. There have also been some literary and artistic works that vilify the Communist Party and the socialist system. "Bitter Love" is a typical example of this.
All these circumstances are sufficient to show that the party has not grasped the ideological field firmly enough, and there is still a situation of slackness and weakness.
In March 1981, ** said in a discussion with some leaders of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army that it was necessary to criticize "Bitter Love", which was related to the issue of adhering to the four cardinal principles.
In accordance with the instructions, the PLA fired the first shot of criticism of "Bitter Love". On April 20, Jiefangjun Bao published an article by a special commentator criticizing the literary script of the film "Bitter Love", which not only violated the four cardinal principles, but even reached the level of negating patriotism, which is a great crime.
On July 17, he had a discussion with the leaders of the Central Propaganda Department, and he once again severely criticized the sloppy state of inaction of the Central Propaganda Department, and pointed out that the Central Propaganda Department was ineffective in correcting erroneous trends of thought and handling them softly. He said: ""The Sun and the Man" is a movie based on "Bitter Love". I took a look, and no matter what the author's motives were, after reading it, I could only get the impression that the Communist Party was bad, the socialist system was bad, and patriotism was wrong. In this way, the author's party spirit has gone to the **?Some people say that the film is of a high artistic level, but because of this, it will be more poisonous. Such works and the rhetoric of the so-called democrats actually play a similar role. Just imagine what the impact would be if the film were shown publiclySome people say that not loving socialism is not the same as not loving the country. Could it be that the Motherland is abstract?If you don't love socialist China under the leadership of the Communist Party, what do you love?”
** Emphasizing that the key to upholding the four cardinal principles is to uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Without the leadership of the Communist Party, the world would certainly be in chaos and fall apart. Everyone must have a good grasp of the criticism and the bourgeois liberalization tendency in the ideological and theoretical circles and the literary and artistic circles.
In accordance with the opinions of the Central Committee, the Central Propaganda Department presided over an ideological front forum attended by more than 320 people, including responsible persons of the propaganda departments of the Central Military Commission and various provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, as well as literary and artistic circles, theoretical circles, and press and publication circles, to discuss and study the issue of strengthening the party's leadership over the ideological and literary fronts, to criticize some people who advocate bourgeois liberalization, and to stress the need to do a good job in propaganda and education on the four cardinal principles.
Hu Qiaomu delivered a long speech at the conference, in which he criticized "Bitter Love" as a typical trend of bourgeois liberalization. Hu Qiaomu said: "Because it distorts the historical development of China's socialist reality, it actually negates socialist China and the party's leadership, and propagates the freedom of the capitalist world." Whether it is "Bitter Love" or the movie "The Sun and Man" based on it, they all use contrasting techniques and try to propagate such a view to people: it seems that the "Gang of Four" is the Communist Party of China, ten years of civil strife is socialism, and the Chinese people have not been liberated and happy, only ignorance and superstition;It seems that the party and the people did not fight and win against the 'Gang of Four'. On this basis, they criticized the lack of light and freedom in China, and the fate of intellectuals was only miserable and humiliatingIt seems that light and freedom exist only in the United States, in the capitalist world, where the intellectuals lead an enviable life. This viewpoint is precisely the manifestation of bourgeois liberalization, and if we do not criticize them and educate the whole party, the literary and artistic circles, and the ideological circles, it will be very difficult for our literary and artistic undertakings and other undertakings to ensure the direction of their own development. ”
In 1981, the 19th issue of "Literature and Art Daily" published an article by Tang Yin and Tang Dacheng entitled "On the Erroneous Tendency of 'Bitter Love'", which made a serious and serious criticism of bitter love. Soon after, Bai Hua (a Chinese mainland writer and screenwriter of "Bitter Love") made a public review and self-criticism. The movie "The Sun and Man" was also not broadcast publicly. The whole country has seriously criticized and self-criticized the "birch turmoil" and cleared up some erroneous ideas and practices.
As a result of a series of efforts, the spread of the bourgeois liberalization trend has been basically curbed, and the party's work on the ideological front has been strengthened.
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