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Battle for China's Past : Mao and the Cultural Revolution

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GLOSSARY<br />

Quan Yanchi 权延赤 A well-known writer on <strong>Mao</strong><br />

Rao Shushi 饶漱石 A noted CCP leader in <strong>the</strong> 1950s<br />

<strong>and</strong> a close colleague of Gao<br />

Gang<br />

Ruijin 瑞金 A town where <strong>the</strong> Red Army<br />

was active<br />

san xian 三线 Third-line industry, referring a<br />

strategy to set up important<br />

industries in central <strong>and</strong> northwest<br />

China in preparation <strong>for</strong><br />

<strong>for</strong>eign invasion<br />

sannong Zhongguo 三农中国 A website<br />

shangfang 上访 Appeal to higher authorities <strong>for</strong><br />

justice<br />

shangshan xiaxiang 上山下乡 A campaign by which educated<br />

youth from urban China were<br />

sent into <strong>the</strong> mountains <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

countryside<br />

Shao Li-tzu (Lizi) 邵力子 An important KMT official<br />

Shen Tu 沈图 Head of <strong>the</strong> Chinese civil<br />

aviation authority<br />

shi liu tiao 十六条 The 16 articles of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cultural</strong><br />

<strong>Revolution</strong> document issued as<br />

guidelines <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> movement<br />

shi nian haojie 十年浩劫 Ten-year catastrophe, a term<br />

frequently used to refer to <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Revolution</strong> in China<br />

Shi Zhe 师哲 A well-known interpreter who<br />

worked with <strong>Mao</strong><br />

shouzu yuan 收租院 Rent collection courtyard<br />

si da ziyou 四大自由 Four big freedoms<br />

Sima Qian 司马迁 Ancient historian<br />

Su Yu 粟裕 A well-known PLA general<br />

Sun Zhigang 孙志刚 A migrant from rural China who<br />

was beaten to death by <strong>the</strong><br />

Guangdong police <strong>for</strong> not<br />

having an identity card<br />

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