"To Read Too Many Books is Harmful" (Mao Zedong)
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Sha De'an, Li Yang
1984, January
To love the country one must first know its history - the deeper the knowledge, the more eager the love
Aiguo shouxian yao zhiguo - zhi zhi yu shen, ai zhi yu qie
Zhejiang renmin meishu chubanshe, print no. 8156.456
Call number: BG E13/489
This changed atmosphere also saw a downplaying of the eminence of politics. In an attempt to provide the people with an alternative for the stale slogans that had dominated popular discourse, in an attempt to provide the people with an alternative for the somewhat discredited Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought of the past, nationalism - or patriotism - was now very much stressed. The title of the book that rises out of a background of images of past revolutionary struggle reads Modern and Contemporary History of China.
