After the launch of the "Cultural Revolution", "Rebellion is justified, revolution is innocent" became the slogan of the "Gang of Four". Red Guards and pickets across the country took to the streets shouting this sentence.

"There are thousands of Marxist principles, but in the final analysis, there is one sentence - rebellion is justified!" These are words of truth extracted by Chairman Mao based on his decades of experience in revolutionary struggle. After the launch of the "Cultural Revolution", "Rebellion is justified, revolution is innocent" became the slogan of the "Gang of Four". Red Guards and pickets across the country took to the streets chanting this sentence.

With these words of fighting passion, they used violent means to criticize teachers, cadres, and descendants of landlords... Hiding behind these words, they seemed to have become the embodiment of justice. Every time they successfully held a criticism meeting, they looked like victorious generals on the battlefield. But what few people know is that the eight words are taken out of context to mean . What is the original word of

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In the voluminous historical materials, the original words of "Rebellion is justified, but revolution is not guilty" were found with difficulty. That is what Chairman Mao said "As for imperialism and all reactionaries, rebellion is justified, but revolution is not guilty." However, the last eight characters have squeezed out the place of the original words in the annals of history and become synonymous with that fanatical era, while the original words, which were originally correct, have disappeared in the long river of history.

From a literal perspective, just eight characters and a strong tone have a far greater effect on igniting people's passion than a long paragraph of original words. This is a very important reason why these eight characters are more widely circulated than the original words. But looking at the root cause, the spread of these eight characters cannot be separated from the fueling of certain people.

Adding fuel to the flames

In May 1966, Jiang Qing served as the first deputy leader of the Central Cultural Revolution Group. After Jiang Qing came to power, who was born in the field of public opinion propaganda, she knew the importance of the "pen", so she began to plot to seize the leadership of public opinion in the news field. , China Central Radio and Television, Xinhua News Agency, , and the People's Daily were all greatly infiltrated.

In 1967, Jiang Qing, together with Zhang Chunqiao and others, published an article in "Wen Wei Po" to fan the flames of the already dull current situation. A storm began to sweep across the country from "Wen Wei Po". Soon after, newspapers such as and " Hongqi " also showed their tendency to join the "Gang of Four". Together with Wenhui Po, they published an editorial article "We must seize the leadership of the newspaper." This meant that the "Gang of Four" launched a clarion call to occupy the public opinion propaganda position.

The outstanding feature of the "Cultural Revolution" in drama was model plays, and in newspapers, "tabloids copied big newspapers" , and those "big newspapers" took orders from the "Gang of Four" and were accused by the "Gang of Four". Under the accusation of the "Gang of Four", the slogan "Rebellion is justified, revolution is not guilty" was fueled by the "Gang of Four" and spread throughout the country through newspapers and periodicals.

craze wave

After this wrong slogan was fueled by the "Gang of Four", it was like pouring a fire on dry wood, and the arrogance of the civilian "Red Guards" was infinitely heightened. They seem to have this sentence as an endorsement, and all the smashing, looting, burning, illegal crimes have become just acts. This wrong slogan has deceived many young people who are young and have only blood flowing in their chests but lack a rational and independent spirit.

Xie Jingyi, a confidential officer next to Chairman Mao, is a typical example. When staying by the Chairman's side, there are often military and state secrets. However, Xie Jingyi was influenced by the erroneous theories of the "Gang of Four" and treated military and state secrets as if they were child's play. They always referred to "class struggle" and "rebellion is justified, but revolution is not guilty."

After the "Gang of Four" was crushed by the Party Central Committee, Xie Jingyi was also arrested according to law because he was an effective member of the "Gang of Four" counterrevolutionary group. After investigation and interrogation, it was discovered that Xie Jingyi had many problems, which shows how bad the slogan "Rebellion is justified, revolution is not guilty" had on people.

Across the country, thousands of young people like Xie Jingyi were swept up by the wave of fanaticism set off by this slogan. They surged crazily to use the power of "revolution" to overthrow everything. But when the wave receded, they were knocked unconscious on the beach.

Jiang Qing and others maliciously tampered with Chairman Mao's original words, ignoring the "imperialists and all reactionaries" in front of them. It violated Chairman Mao's original intention, and it violated Marxism . It was a deliberate evil act to satisfy his own selfish desires!