The opera, written by Wu Han, was set in the Ming period but was understood as a veiled criticism of the 1959 dismissal of defense minister P'eng Teh-huai.
It began with a newspaper article entitled "Comments on the Newly Written Historical Opera, `Dismissal of Hai Jui.'" The opera, written by Wu Han, was set in the Ming period but was understood as a veiled criticism of the 1959 dismissal of defense minister P'eng Teh-huai. The backlash to Wu Han's allegory was the opening volley of, FTP, what violent campaign to eliminate conservative intellectuals and radicalize Chinese society?
It began with a newspaper article entitled "Comments on the Newly Written Historical Opera, `Dismissal of Hai Jui.'
The Great Proletarian {Cultural Revolution}