Red Guards
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The Red Guards were radicalized youth groups in China who, inspired by Mao Zedong’s teachings, played a central and often violent role in the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Central Cultural Revolution Group | 0 | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mass political movement
→
paramilitary social movement → youth organization → |
| activePeriod | 1966–1968 → |
| activity |
book burnings
→
factional street fighting → public denunciations → vandalism of cultural relics → violent attacks → |
| aftermathPolicy | Up to the mountains and down to the countryside movement → |
| ageGroup | youth → |
| campaign | Destroy the Four Olds → |
| composedOf |
secondary school students
→
students → university students → |
| consequence |
cultural heritage destruction
→
human rights abuses → widespread social chaos → |
| country |
China
→
surface form:
People's Republic of China
|
| declineCause |
PLA intervention
→
central government suppression → |
| encouragedBy |
Gang of Four
→
Mao Zedong → |
| endTime | late 1960s → |
| followedWork | Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung → |
| headquartersLocation | Beijing → |
| ideology | Maoism → |
| inspiredBy | Mao Zedong → |
| location | China → |
| motto | Loyalty to Chairman Mao → |
| notableEvent |
destruction of the Four Olds
→
mass rallies in Tiananmen Square → struggle sessions → |
| opposedTo |
capitalist roaders
→
revisionists → traditional elites → |
| organizedBy | students themselves → |
| partOf | Cultural Revolution → |
| peakActivity | 1966–1967 → |
| slogan | Rebellion is justified → |
| startTime | 1966 → |
| supportedBy |
People's Liberation Army
→
surface form:
People's Liberation Army (initially)
|
| supportedFaction | Maoist radicals → |
| supportedLeader | Mao Zedong → |
| targetedGroup |
intellectuals
→
landlords → party officials → religious institutions → teachers → |
| usedSymbol |
Little Red Book
→
red armband → |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Central Cultural Revolution Group