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"To Read Too Many Books is Harmful"
(Mao Zedong)
Books in Chinese Propaganda Posters:
Objects of Veneration, Subjects of Destruction


The Posters

Designer unknown (1952)
Cultural undertakings ...

Yu Yunjie (1956)
Helping mama study culture

Zhu Peilin (1954)
Daddy, this is how you write this character

Lin Longhua (1964)
The more we study what's in our hearts, the brighter the hall gets


Zhao Kunhan (1974)
The production brigade's reading room

Zhao Kunhan (1975)
The production brigade's reading room

Xiao Zhenya, Liu Enbin (1975)
Take over the brush of polemics, struggle to the end

Revolutionary Committee of the Tianjin Industrial Exhibition Hall (1971)
Turn philosophy into a sharp weapon ...


Designer unknown (1967)
Hold high the great red banner of Mao Zedong Thought ...

Designer unknown (early 1970s)
Growing up in the midst of struggle

Literacy Office of the Political Work Group of the Revolutionary Committee of Shanxi Province (early 1970s)
The red flower of Dazhai blossoms everywhere

Revolutionary Committee of the Sichuan Art Academy (1969)
Educated youth must go to the countryside ...


Liu Aimin (1974)
Bringing books to the mountain areas

Shao Hua, Shao Qinglin (1976)
Herdspeople love to read books by Marx and Lenin

Liu Zhide (1975)
Old party secretary (Selected from the Huxian peasant painting exhibition)

Designer unknown (1975)
Set the record of history straight


Designer unknown (early 1970s)
Awake in the middle of the night

Geng Yuemin (1975)
Lead people to victory

Wang Baogui (1978)
Let's do another test

Qian Yunxuan (1978)
Study hard, make progress every day


Mao Wenbiao (1977)
The shared wish of one billion people - Warmly welcome the publication ...

Wu Zhefu, Li Mubai (1978)
What I longed for has arrived

Chen Beixin, Huang Naiyuan, Qin Dajian, Liu Wenxi (1977)
With you in charge, I'm at ease

Zhou Ruizhuang (1965)
Create a new type of worker capable both in culture and struggle ...


Zhou Yizhu (1983)
Regulations for staff and workers - Four: Exert oneself in study ...

Sha De'an, Li Yang (1984)
To love the country one must first know its history ...

Peng Zhaomin (1984)
Good character and scholarship

Zhang Anpu (1984)
Books are a window on knowledge - Young friends, enthusiastically love books!


Huang Hong'en (1996)
Love society with all your heart

Designer unknown (ca. 1994)
Love the teacher


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