Ep. 85 | The Cultural Revolution (Part 3)
In this third episode of Laszlo’s Cultural Revolution Overview, we only advance 18 days in August of 1966. Momentous and shocking events happen one after another, day after day. With the announcement of the 16 Points, the Cultural Revolution now has a purpose and guidelines to follow.
Today’s episode will show that Mao had anything except an orderly execution of this plan to transform China. He was going to shake up the whole nation, like a snow globe. Like with the Great Leap Forward, Mao meant well, but this whole idea went awry almost from the very start.
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Terms in Episode
| Pinyin/Term | Chinese | English/Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Zhi sang ma huai | 指桑骂槐 | Point at the mulberry to scold the locust |
| Hongweibing | 红卫兵 | Red Guard |
| Nie Yuanzi | 聂元梓 | Peking U professor who wrote the first Big Character Poster |
| Da zi bao | 大字报 | Big character poster |
| Xiuzhengzhuyi | 修正主义 | Revisionism |
| Wen Jiabao | 温家宝 | Current Premier of China |
| Hu Jintao | 胡锦涛 | Current President of China |
| Qinghua | 清华 | Tsinghua University |
| Zaofan youli | 造反有理 | To rebel is justified |
| Chen Boda | 陈伯达 | Leading figure during the Cultural Revolution |
| Paoda Silingbu | 炮打司令部 | Bombard the headquarters! |
| Luo Ruiqing | 罗瑞卿 | General of the army and enemy of Lin Biao attacked and disgraced in the lead-up to the Cultural Revolution |
| Tao Zhu | 陶铸 | Replaced Lu Dingyi and Director of Propaganda, also vice premier |
| Zhu De | 朱德 | PLA founder, oldest comrade of Mao |
| Li Fuchun | 李富春 | Chairman of State Planning Commission |
| Chen Yun | 陈云 | Longtime economic planner, known for his conservative views |
| Si jiu | 四旧 | The Four Olds (old customs, habits, culture, ideas) |
| Diaoyutai Guesthouse | 钓鱼台国宾馆 | State Guesthouse used as command central for the Cultural Revolution Group |
| Guanxi | 关系 | Relationships and connections |
| Hukou | 户口 | Residence Permit |
| Song Binbin | 宋彬彬 | Pekin U student honored with pinning the red guard armband on Mao |
| Song Yaowu | 宋耀武 | Name Mao bestowed on Song Binbin meaning “be violent” |
| Wang Guangmei | 王光美 | Wife of Liu Shaoqi and a later victim of Jiang Qing |
| Wenhua Dageming | 文化大革命 | The Cultural Revolution |
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Thanks everyone for listening to this History of Taiwan series. We'll conclude things here in Part 15.