Writing about machine guns and political movements

  The plot of "Heavy Machine Gun" is not limited to the period of resistance against Japan, and the life after the war made the characters in the book experience even greater and more numerous tests. The continuous political movements almost didn't give them a chance to breathe, making them pay a price far more severe than during the war.

  The author does not want to dwell too much on these political issues, but it's not that I dare not speak, rather in the second half of this article, I have concentrated on using facts to illustrate my point. The road has been tortuous and we have walked through it; what we need to do now is to reflect and gain insight into some aspects of human nature through the hardships encountered by the Chinese people in the thirty years since the founding of the country. Just as we should not forget the history of the War of Resistance, we should also not forget the detours we have taken. History cannot be changed and there is no need to blame anyone; what's important is to do well on our future path, including both the nation and each individual.

  After reviewing a lot of materials, I have compiled the following table of major political movements in China since the founding of New China. There may be some errors that are unavoidable. However, it is clear from this table what my feelings and wishes are.

  Land Reform Movement (1947-1952)

  2. Suppressing the Counter-Revolutionary Movement (October 10, 1950 - October 1951)

  3、Resist America and Aid Korea Movement (October 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953)

  The First Rectification Movement (May 1, 1950 - 1951)

  5. Company Democratic Movement (September 9, 1950 - 1951)

  6. The Movement for Loyalty and Honesty in Politics (May 1951 - 1952)

  7. Purification of the middle ranks movement (August 1951 - October 1952)

  8. Criticizing the film "The Life of Wu Xun" movement (May 20, 1951 - 1952)

  Three-Self Reform Movement and Church Democratic Reform Movement (April 1951 - 1954)

  Agricultural Mutual Aid and Cooperation Movement (September 9, 1951 - 1956)

  11. Democratic Reform Movement (September 1951 - 1953)

  12. The ideological remolding movement of cultural and educational circles and intellectuals (September 1951 - October 1952)

  Patriotic Increase Production and Economy Movement (October 23, 1951 - 1952)

  The Three-Anti Campaign against corruption, waste and bureaucracy (December 1, 1951 – October 25, 1952)

  15. Rectification and Learning Movement in Literary and Art Circles (December 1951 - 1952)

  The Five-Anti Campaign (January 26, 1952 - October 25, 1952) against bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property, cheating on government contracts and stealing state economic information.

  17. Campaign against embezzlement and speculation (also known as the New Three-Anti) (January 5, 1953 - 1954)

  18. Transformation of private enterprises into joint state-private enterprises movement (September 23, 1954 - 1955)

  19. Criticizing Hu Shi's Thought Movement (October 16, 1954 - 1955)

  20. From Criticizing Hu Feng's Literary Ideas to Purging the Hu Feng Counter-Revolutionary Clique (January 20, 1955 - 1956)

  21. Increase Production and Economy Movement (February 8, 1957 - end of 1957)

  Campaign to Purge Hidden Counter-Revolutionaries (July 1, 1955 - end of 1957)

  Rectification Campaign (April 27, 1957 - June 8, 1957)

  Anti-Rightist Movement (June 8, 1957 – May 1958)

  The Socialist Education Movement in Rural Areas (August 8, 1957 - 1958)

  Criticism of Ma Yinchu's population theory movement (April 1958 - 1960)

  The Great Leap Forward (May 1958 – 1960)

  The People's Commune Movement (July 1, 1958 - October 1958)

  Backyard Steel Industry Campaign (August 17, 1958 - 1960)

  Campaign against Right-Deviationist Thought (July 1959 – 1960)

  31. Rectification and Socialist Education Movement (also known as Rural Three-Anti Movement) (May 1960 – 1961)

  32. The "Two Remembrances and Three Investigations" movement of the army (November 7, 1960 - 1961)

  The Four Cleanups Movement (also known as the Socialist Education Movement in rural areas and the Five-Anti Movement in urban areas) (February 1963 – 1966)

  Learn from Comrade Lei Feng Movement (starting March 5, 1963)

  Recalling Bitterness and Thinking of Sweetness (Writing Three Histories) Movement (1963-1964)

  36. The Great Leap in Industrial Production (starting from January 25, 1964)

  Dazhai Movement in Agriculture (February 10, 1964 - 1976)

  38、 Sports (May 16, 1966 - 1976)

  Down to the Countryside Movement (December 12, 1968 - October 1978)

  Digging air-raid shelters movement (August 1969 - 1970)

  One Strike and Three Antis Campaign (January 31, 1970 - 1971)

  42. Investigate the "516" movement (March 27, 1970 - 1971)

  43. Criticize Chen and Rectify the Work Style Movement (November 16, 1970 - 1971)

  Pi Lin Pi Kung movement (December 11, 1971 - 1972)

  Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius Campaign (January 1974 – 1975)

  Launch a campaign to criticize "Water Margin" (August 14, 1975 - 1976)

  Criticize Deng and repel the Right-Deviationist Reversal-of-Verdicts Trend (November 1975 – 1977)

  48. Expose and Criticize the "Gang of Four" Mass Movement (October 1976 - 1978)

  49, Wu Jie Si Mei San Re Ai Yun Dong (February 25, 1981 - 1983)

  Campaign to Clean Up the Three Kinds of People (December 30, 1982 – 1984)

  Strike Hard Campaign (August 25, 1983 - 1984)

  Oppose Bourgeois Liberalization (January 28, 1987 - 1988)

  Three Represents Education Movement (November 21, 1998 - 2000)