Late Zhou Yang

Author: Gu Xiang
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: Zhou Yang was born in 1908. By the time the Eleventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in 1977, which announced the end of the "Cultural Revolution," he was already sixty-nine years old. From then until his death in 1989, these twelve years were his later years. In terms of his experiences, the concept of "Later Zhou Yang" can be summarized as his thoughts undergoing significant changes after the "Cultural Revolution," while some people were dissatisfied with his transformation and attacked him, leading to his tragic death. Gu Xiang's book presents this perspective and portrayal of "Later Zhou Yang." If one can speak of two Zhou Yangs—one before and one after the "Cultural Revolution"—the Zhou Yang written about in Gu Xiang's book is the one who emerged after the "Cultural Revolution."