邓小平文选/一九七六年天安门事件中关于我的问题的决议，毛泽东同志也是画了圈的。

In view of the very large numbers of people involved in the Tiananmen Incident, it definitely cannot be labelled counter-revolutionary.

And I myself was described as the “behind-the-scenes boss” of this incident, although as a matter of fact I was cut off from any contact with the outside world at the time.

Some of Comrade Mao Zedong's statements were quoted in the summary, but in many cases they were quoted out of context.

Furthermore, a lot of the ideas peddled by the Gang of Four were injected into it.

Apparently, there are people who object to my posing this issue.

Shouldn't the same thing apply to Mao Zedong Thought?

Of course it should, otherwise mistakes will be inevitable.

Comrade Mao Zedong wrote the four-word motto “Seek truth from facts” for the Central Party School in Yan'an, and these words are the quintessence of his philosophical thinking.

The “two appraisals” in the“Summary of the National Conference on Education” do not accord with reality.

Weren't most of the professionals now at work trained in the first 17 years after 1949?

and its first hydrogen bomb was exploded in 1967, but these things were not achieved overnight.

The basis for them was laid through the implementation, under Comrade Nie Rongzhen‘s guidance, of the 12-year plan drawn up in 1956 for the development of science.

Burdened with the weight of the “two appraisals”, you don't speak out in defence of the masses of intellectuals, and you are likely to stumble in your work.

My talk on August 8 this year at the forum on scientific and educational work was a bold speech, but of course it also made due allowance for current realities.

A principle or policy will invariably arouse the opposition or disagreement of some people.

It's good for them to air their views boldly, because then we can talk things out.

Comrade Zhou Enlai was in a very difficult position at the time of the 1971 National Conference on Education.

In 1972, talking with an American physicist of Chinese descent, he said that college students should be recruited directly from among graduates fresh from the senior middle schools.

It took some courage to make this point under the prevailing conditions.

Comrade Zhou Enlai wanted to bring about a sharp change in the educational departments, but no such change was made.

The answer is simple: so as not to break the continuity of studies.

The best period for a person to study is between the ages of 18 and 20.

In the past, talking with foreign guests, I too stressed the advantages of having secondary school students do physical labour for two years after graduation.

Facts have shown, however, that after a couple of years of labour, the students have forgotten half of what they learned at school.