毛泽东选集/坚持艰苦奋斗，密切联系群众

#§Section 1 is part of a speech at a conference of Party cadres in Tsinan on March 18, 1957, and Section 2 is part of a speech at a conference of Party cadres in Nanking on March 19 of the same year.

# This is a way of resolving contradictions within the Party through criticism and self-criticism and also of resolving contradictions between the Party and the people.

# This time the movement will be aimed at three bad styles, bureaucracy.

# Since our victory in the revolution, the revolutionary will of some of our comrades has been waning, their revolutionary enthusiasm has been ebbing, their spirit of whole-hearted service to the people has been flagging, and so has the death-defying spirit they displayed in the days of fighting against our enemies; at the same time, they are clamouring for position and for the limelight, becoming particular about what they eat and wear, competing for salary and scrambling for fame and gain -- all these tendencies are growing.

# I have heard that during the grading of cadres last year, some people burst into tears and made terrible scenes.

# People have two eyes, haven't they?

# Drops of water welling up in them are called tears.

# When the grading doesn't meet their wishes, tears begin to stream down their cheeks.

# They never shed a single tear during the war against Chiang Kai-shek, the movement to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, the agrarian reform and the suppression of counter-revolutionaries, nor have they shed a tear during the building of socialism, but as soon as their personal interests were affected, rivers of tears began to flow.

# In short, the tendency has emerged of contending for fame and position, of comparing salaries, food, clothing and comforts.

# To go on hunger strike and shed tears on account of one's personal interests may be considered a kind of contradiction among the people.

# There is an opera scene called Lin Chung Flees at Night, in which one line goes, "A man does not easily shed tears until his heart is broken."

# Now some of our comrades are men (and probably women too) about whom it can be said that they do not easily shed tears until it comes to grading.

# When the destiny of the working class and the masses of the working people is at stake. # Then one may shed a few tears.

# Whatever rank you are given, you should take it even if you are graded incorrectly, and you should not let your tears out but keep them in.

# There is much that is unfair in this world, and maybe you have been improperly graded, but even so there is no reason to make a fuss about it, for it is inconsequential and you should rest content as long as you have enough to eat.

# A Communist is supposed to work hard and to serve the people with his whole heart, not with half or two-thirds.

# Those whose revolutionary will has been waning should have their spirits revived through rectification.

#§We should maintain the same vigour, the same revolutionary enthusiasm and the same death-defying spirit we displayed in the years of the revolutionary wars and carry our revolutionary work through to the end.

# In the novel Water Marginthere is a character called Death-Defying Third Brother Shih Hsiu, whose spirit is exactly what we have in mind.

# It was with this spirit that we made revolution in the past.

# This is not a wholesome phenomenon, and education should be conducted among them.

#§The whole Party should strengthen political and ideological work.

# Quite a number of comrades present at today's conference are from the army.