Ep. 84 | The Cultural Revolution (Part 2)
This week Laszlo takes us up to August 1966 with this Cultural Revolution overview.
After a nine-month hiatus down in Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Wuhan, Mao is now back in Beijing and ready to mount his attack on the party leadership and unleash the Cultural Revolution on the entire country.
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Terms in Episode
| Pinyin/Term | Chinese | English/Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Cao Yiou | 曹轶欧 | Wife of Kang Sheng |
| Chen Boda | 陈伯达 | Chair of the Cultural Revolution Group and Mao’s secretary |
| Dazibao | 大字报 | Big Character Poster |
| Diaoyutai Guesthouse | 钓鱼台国宾馆 | China’s state guest house and headquarters of the Cultural Revolution Group |
| Guan Feng | 关锋 | Early leftist who supported Yao Wenyuan’s inflammatory article regarding Wu Han |
| Jiang Qing | 江青 | Mao’s wife and later member of Gang of Four |
| Kang Sheng | 康生 | Close confidante of Mao and founder of China’s secret police |
| Ke Qingshi | 柯庆施 | Shanghai Party Boss who died in 1965 |
| Li Xuefeng | 李雪峰 | Succeeded Peng Zhen as Beijing top guy |
| Lin Biao | 林彪 | Successor to Peng Dehuai as defense minister |
| Lu Dingyi | 陆定一 | Minister of Culture |
| Lu Ping | 鲁平 | Peking Univ. leader targeted buy Nie Yuanzi’s big character poster |
| Luo Ruiqing | 罗瑞卿 | General of the army and enemy of Lin Biao, later brought down by Lin |
| Lushan | 庐山 | Scenic city in Jiangxi Province, site of the Lushan Conference |
| Nie Rongzhen | 聂荣臻 | Marshal of the PLA |
| Nie Yuanzi | 聂元梓 | Peking Univ. professor who wrote the Big Character Poster that created one of the sparks that ignited the Cultural Revolution |
| Peng Dehuai | 彭德怀 | Defense Minister sacked and disgraced during the Great Leap Forward for daring to speak up to Mao |
| Peng Zhen | 彭真 | Mayor and Party Boss of Beijing |
| Qi Benyu | 戚本禹 | Hardcore leftist during the Cultural Revolution |
| Shaoshan | 韶山 | Town in Hunan, birthplace of Chairman Mao |
| Tao Zhu | 陶铸 | Leftist leader during the Cultural Revolution, succeeded Lu Dingyi |
| Ulanfu | 乌兰夫 | Mongol high ranking member of the government |
| Wang Dongxing | 汪东兴 | Major General and head of unit 8341, the palace guard |
| Wang Li | 王力 | Propaganda specialist and part of the Cultural Revolution Group |
| Wenhui Bao | 文汇报 | A Shanghai-based newspaper |
| Wu Bangguo | 吴邦国 | Ranked number 2 in the current CCP hierarchy, Chairman of Standing Committee of NPC |
| Wu Lengxi | 吴冷西 | Head of People’s Daily |
| Yang Shangkun | 杨尚昆 | Head of the Party General Office and a victim of the Cultural Revolution |
| Yao Wenyuan | 姚文元 | Shanghai leftist radical, later a member of the Gang of Four |
| Ye Jianying | 叶剑英 | Marshal who replaced Luo Ruiqing |
| Ye Qun | 叶群 | Wife of Lin Biao |
| Zhang Chunqiao | 张春桥 | Shanghai leftist radical, later a member of the Gang of Four |
| Zhu De | 朱德 | Co-founder of the PLA, old comrade of Mao |
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