"To Read Too Many Books is Harmful" (Mao Zedong)
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Literacy Office of the Political Work Group of the Revolutionary Committee of Shanxi Province collective work
early 1970s
The red flower of Dazhai blossoms everywhere
Dazhai honghua biandi kai
Shanxi renmin chubanshe, print no. 8088.564
Call number: BG E15/497
As the Cultural Revolution unfurled, only one person and one type of publications became acceptable: Mao and his writings. Their influence went beyond nuclear arms and Yangzi bridges: rural model communes such as Dazhai (in Shanxi) and industrial models like Daqing (in Heilongjiang) could only exist because they were inspired by Mao Thought and Mao actively supported them.
