Jia Shen 300th Anniversary Commemoration

Author: Guo Moruo
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: Guo Moruo's "A Three Hundredth Anniversary Tribute to the Jiazhong Year," written in 1944, was composed to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the victory of Li Zicheng's peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty. The article was first published in Chongqing's Xinhua Daily, and later printed as a standalone book in Yan'an and other liberated areas. Great Leader Chairman Mao Zedong, in his 1944 article "Learning and the Situation," pointed out: "There have been several instances in the history of our Party where excessive pride has led to setbacks. All Party comrades must take these instances as a warning." He further stated that the purpose of publishing the article was "to serve as a warning for comrades to avoid repeating the mistake of arrogance after victory." Guo Moruo's "A Three Hundredth Anniversary Tribute to the Jiazhong Year," written in 1944, was composed to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the victory of Li Zicheng's peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty. The article was first published in Chongqing's Xinhua Daily, and later printed as a standalone book in Yan'an and other liberated areas. Great Leader Chairman Mao Zedong, in his 1944 article "Learning and the Situation," pointed out: "There have been several instances in the history of our Party where excessive pride has led to setbacks. All Party comrades must take these instances as a warning." He further stated that the purpose of publishing the article was "to serve as a warning for comrades to avoid repeating the mistake of arrogance after victory."