My understanding from an undergraduate course on modern China was that the Cultural Revolution was viewed with mixed feelings by many supporters of the 1949 revolution. In particular, Yue Daiyun wrote in To the Storm of her experience being denounced as a rightist for seemingly trivial offences, such as a never realized campus publication and her poetry. While still viewing herself as a Marxist, she was forced to perform hard labor and documented the ensuing violence at Beida in the years to come.
My question is this: wouldn't it be better to empathize with the underpinnings of the 1949 Revolution while also accepting that the Cultural Revolution was carried to unnecessary extremes? I apologize if I appear too biased or confrontational in this question.
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My understanding from an undergraduate course on modern China was that the Cultural Revolution was viewed with mixed feelings by many supporters of the 1949 revolution. In particular, Yue Daiyun wrote in To the Storm of her experience being denounced as a rightist for seemingly trivial offences, such as a never realized campus publication and her poetry. While still viewing herself as a Marxist, she was forced to perform hard labor and documented the ensuing violence at Beida in the years to come.
My question is this: wouldn't it be better to empathize with the underpinnings of the 1949 Revolution while also accepting that the Cultural Revolution was carried to unnecessary extremes? I apologize if I appear too biased or confrontational in this question.
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