Cultural Revolution

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mass movement political campaign sociopolitical movement

The Cultural Revolution was a decade-long sociopolitical movement in China (1966–1976) launched by Mao Zedong to reassert his control, enforce ideological purity, and reshape Chinese society through mass mobilization and widespread persecution.

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Label Occurrences
Cultural Revolution canonical 42
Chinese Cultural Revolution 5
Cultural Revolution in China 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mass movement ⓘ
political campaign ⓘ
sociopolitical movement ⓘ
aftermath launch of reform and opening‑up policies ⓘ
rehabilitation of many persecuted officials ⓘ
rise of Deng Xiaoping ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cultural Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
country China ⓘ
deathTollEstimate hundreds of thousands to millions of deaths ⓘ
endDate 1976 ⓘ
endedBy arrest of the Gang of Four ⓘ
goal eliminate so‑called capitalist roaders ⓘ
enforce ideological purity ⓘ
reassert Mao Zedong's control over the Communist Party of China ⓘ
strengthen proletarian dictatorship ⓘ
transform Chinese culture and society ⓘ
ideology Maoism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
initiatedBy Mao Zedong ⓘ
keyOrganization Red Guards ⓘ
surface form: Central Cultural Revolution Group

People's Liberation Army ⓘ
Red Guards ⓘ
leader Mao Zedong ⓘ
notableFigure Gang of Four ⓘ
Jiang Qing ⓘ
Lin Biao ⓘ
Zhou Enlai ⓘ
notableVictim Liu Shaoqi ⓘ
Peng Dehuai ⓘ
officialEvaluation considered a serious setback and disaster for the Party and the nation by the Communist Party of China ⓘ
officialEvaluationBy Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: Communist Party of China
phase Red Guard phase ⓘ
military control phase ⓘ
purge of the Gang of Four ⓘ
politicalParty Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: Communist Party of China
region China ⓘ
surface form: Mainland China
result destruction of cultural heritage ⓘ
disruption of education system ⓘ
economic dislocation ⓘ
large‑scale social upheaval ⓘ
purge of high‑ranking Communist Party officials ⓘ
widespread persecution of intellectuals ⓘ
slogan Bombard the Headquarters ⓘ
Destroy the Four Olds ⓘ
startDate 1966 ⓘ
target old culture ⓘ
old customs ⓘ
old habits ⓘ
old ideas ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

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Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung → usedDuring → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung → associatedWith → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Maoism → influenced → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cultural Revolution in China
Jiang Qing → activeInPeriod → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Jiang Qing → movement → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Lin Biao → movement → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Chinese peasantry → associatedEvent → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Little Red Book → historicalPeriod → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Little Red Book → symbolOf → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Red Guards → partOf → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Cultural Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 → temporalContext → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 → relatedTo → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path → inspiredBy → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Cultural Revolution
Gang of Four → activeDuring → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Gang of Four → relatedEvent → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Down to the Countryside Movement
Li Shumeng → movement → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Li Yunhe → movement → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Mao Zedong family → notableEventInHistory → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Mao Yuanxin → participatedIn → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Mao Yuanxin → era → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maoist China
Cultural Revolution in Iran → differentFrom → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cultural Revolution in China
Coming Home → setInPeriod → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Ye Qun → activeInPeriod → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Ye Qun → involvedIn → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Lin Liguo → politicalContext → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
He Long → wasPurgedDuring → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Hu Yaobang → wasPurgedDuring → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Hu Yaobang → rehabilitatedAfter → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Wolf Totem → setInPeriod → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
20th century → hasMajorEvent → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mao's Cultural Revolution
Ai Qing → wasPersecutedDuring → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn → influencedBy → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Cultural Revolution
Zhuo Lin → livedDuring → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Up to the mountains and down to the countryside movement → significantEvent → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
subject surface form: Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside Movement
Up to the mountains and down to the countryside movement → hasCause → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
subject surface form: Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside Movement
Red Guard Party → usedSymbolismFrom → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Cultural Revolution
Reflections on China → timePeriodDescribed → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Yan'an Rectification Movement → influenced → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Ha Jin → writingTheme → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
The Last Emperor → depicts → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Communist insurgency in the Philippines → influencedBy → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Cultural Revolution
Wu Han → influencedEvent → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Shaoqi → repressedDuring → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
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Year Zero → inspiredBy → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Cultural Revolution
Zhang Chunqiao → movement → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Trial of the Gang of Four → follows → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
四人帮 → 与事件相关 → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: 文化大革命
Si Ren Bang → activeInPeriod → Cultural Revolution ⓘ
Si Ren Bang → influencedEvent → Cultural Revolution ⓘ