tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24800874.post8197502690284083049..comments2024-03-26T01:56:02.444-04:00Comments on Law at the End of the Day: Flora Sapio Reflections on Zhou Ruijin, "Reflections on the Cultural Revolution: A Ten Thousand Character Petition"Larry Catá Backerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06545101367530775497noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24800874.post-7355886645080285402016-08-17T18:10:32.594-04:002016-08-17T18:10:32.594-04:00Flora,
My understanding of the article is that Zh...Flora, <br />My understanding of the article is that Zhou Ruijin agrees with you that the Cultural Revolution cannot be forgotten. Zhou says that China has not had the thorough examination of the Cultural Revolution needed to understand it and then to reject it. Rejecting it doesn't mean forgetting it. Certainly people reject the Holocaust without forgetting it. <br /><br />This is passage says it I think: "Therefore, when we speak about reform, we cannot avoid discussing the Cultural Revolution. Not only is it unavoidable but it is inseparable from any discussion of reform. The end of the Cultural Revolution essentially put an end to the class struggle that had divided Chinese society. For a long period following the end of the Cultural Revolution there was a broad consensus in Chinese society against the Cultural Revolution – kind of like the greatest common factor in arithmetic. Further deepening of reform was a quest for the greatest common denominator.<br /><br />But was the Cultural Revolution actually rejected in its entirety? To get at that question we must ask if society made a deep and thorough reflection upon the nature of the Cultural Revolution itself. Absent a deep examination of the nature of the Cultural Revolution, it cannot be rejected in its entirety. Reflection on some aspects of the Cultural Revolution was avoided. There always arose the question of how to reject it and to just what degree to reject it. The differing views on the Cultural Revolution that we have been hearing in recent years reflect that."<br /><br />Regards,<br />David CowhigGao Daweihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14426692980956981629noreply@blogger.com