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One reason I find referring to one's elders as 'Olds' a bit distasteful for the alleged 'Right'.
Sweep Away All Cow Demons and Snake Spirits[1] (Chinese: 横扫一切牛鬼蛇神, Pinyin: Héngsǎo yīqiè níuguǐ shéshén[2]), alternatively translated as Obliterate All Ox Demons and Snake Spirits,[3] Sweep Away All Ox-ghosts and Snake-spirits,[4] is an editorial published by the People's Daily on June 1, 1966,[5] calling on the masses to rise up and "sweep away all cow demons and snake spirits".[6]
The editorial declares that "the climax of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution is rising in socialist China, which accounts for a quarter of the world's population." It calls on the proletariat to "completely eradicate all the old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits that have poisoned the people of China for thousands of years, fostered by the exploiting classes."[7]
Cow demons and snake spirits referred to people who were condemned during the Cultural Revolution,[8] including condemned government leaders, intellectuals and cadres.[9] The claim to "sweep away all cow demons and snake spirits" is actually part of the campaign to combat the "Four Olds" and maintain the "Bloodline theory".[10]
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en.wikipedia.org
Also:
The bloodline theory (Chinese:血統論) or blood lineage theory was a political theory associated with the "Loyalist Faction" (Baohuang Pai) of the Red Guards during the early phase of the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China. Opponents included the "Rebel Faction" (Zaofan Pai) of the Red Guards.
According to the bloodline theory, the defining factor in a person's class standing was their family's class position. It was expressed by the bloodline couplet, "from a revolutionary father a hero, from a reactionary father a bastard." Although this position was politically-discredited, it continued to have a political impact during the Cultural Revolution.
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Sweep Away All Cow Demons and Snake Spirits[1] (Chinese: 横扫一切牛鬼蛇神, Pinyin: Héngsǎo yīqiè níuguǐ shéshén[2]), alternatively translated as Obliterate All Ox Demons and Snake Spirits,[3] Sweep Away All Ox-ghosts and Snake-spirits,[4] is an editorial published by the People's Daily on June 1, 1966,[5] calling on the masses to rise up and "sweep away all cow demons and snake spirits".[6]
The editorial declares that "the climax of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution is rising in socialist China, which accounts for a quarter of the world's population." It calls on the proletariat to "completely eradicate all the old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits that have poisoned the people of China for thousands of years, fostered by the exploiting classes."[7]
Cow demons and snake spirits referred to people who were condemned during the Cultural Revolution,[8] including condemned government leaders, intellectuals and cadres.[9] The claim to "sweep away all cow demons and snake spirits" is actually part of the campaign to combat the "Four Olds" and maintain the "Bloodline theory".[10]
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Four Olds - Wikipedia
Also:
The bloodline theory (Chinese:血統論) or blood lineage theory was a political theory associated with the "Loyalist Faction" (Baohuang Pai) of the Red Guards during the early phase of the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China. Opponents included the "Rebel Faction" (Zaofan Pai) of the Red Guards.
According to the bloodline theory, the defining factor in a person's class standing was their family's class position. It was expressed by the bloodline couplet, "from a revolutionary father a hero, from a reactionary father a bastard." Although this position was politically-discredited, it continued to have a political impact during the Cultural Revolution.
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