Gang of Four

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political faction

The Gang of Four was a powerful political faction in China, led by Jiang Qing and three close allies, that played a key role in the Cultural Revolution and was later blamed for its excesses.

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Label	Occurrences
Gang of Four canonical	17

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political faction ⓘ
activeDuring	Cultural Revolution ⓘ
afterEvent	death of Mao Zedong ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Si Ren Bang ⓘ
arrestedOn	1976-10-06 ⓘ
associatedWith	Mao Zedong ⓘ
basedIn	Shanghai ⓘ
blamedFor	excesses of the Cultural Revolution ⓘ
chargedWith	counter-revolutionary crimes ⓘ
ChineseName	四人帮 ⓘ
context	late Mao era ⓘ
convictedOf	counter-revolutionary activities ⓘ treason ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
dissolvedIn	1976 ⓘ
goal	maintain radical Cultural Revolution policies after Mao's death ⓘ
historicalReputation	scapegoated for Cultural Revolution excesses ⓘ symbol of radical leftist politics in China ⓘ
ideology	Maoism ⓘ
influencedRegion	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
languageOfName	Chinese ⓘ
leader	Jiang Qing ⓘ
legalOutcome	fixed-term imprisonment for Wang Hongwen ⓘ fixed-term imprisonment for Yao Wenyuan ⓘ life imprisonment for Jiang Qing ⓘ life imprisonment for Zhang Chunqiao ⓘ
mediaControl	control of cultural institutions ⓘ control of major newspapers ⓘ
member	Jiang Qing ⓘ Wang Hongwen ⓘ Yao Wenyuan ⓘ Zhang Chunqiao ⓘ
notableFor	control over cultural and propaganda apparatus ⓘ radical policies during Cultural Revolution ⓘ
opposedBy	Chinese Communist Party ⓘ surface form: Chinese Communist Party leadership Deng Xiaoping ⓘ
opposedPolicy	post-Mao economic reforms ⓘ
politicalParty	Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
politicalPosition	far-left ⓘ
relatedEvent	Cultural Revolution ⓘ surface form: Down to the Countryside Movement Lin Biao incident ⓘ purges of party officials during Cultural Revolution ⓘ
roleInEvent	key role in Cultural Revolution ⓘ
succeededBy	Deng Xiaoping leadership ⓘ
supportedBy	Mao Zedong ⓘ
timePeriod	1966–1976 ⓘ
trialName	Trial of the Gang of Four ⓘ
triedIn	1980–1981 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jiang Qing → memberOf → Gang of Four ⓘ

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software → collectiveAuthor → Gang of Four ⓘ

Red Guards → encouragedBy → Gang of Four ⓘ

Cultural Revolution → notableFigure → Gang of Four ⓘ

Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 → opposedBy → Gang of Four ⓘ

Tiananmen Square protests of 1976 → relatedTo → Gang of Four ⓘ

Lan Ping → memberOf → Gang of Four ⓘ

Li Shumeng → partOf → Gang of Four ⓘ

Li Yunhe → memberOf → Gang of Four ⓘ

Wu Han → criticizedBy → Gang of Four ⓘ

April Fifth Movement → opposedTo → Gang of Four ⓘ

Zhang Chunqiao → memberOf → Gang of Four ⓘ

Trial of the Gang of Four → hasDefendantCollective → Gang of Four ⓘ

Si Ren Bang → literalMeaning → Gang of Four ⓘ

Yao Wenyuan → memberOf → Gang of Four ⓘ

Wang Hongwen → memberOf → Gang of Four ⓘ

Madame Mao → partOf → Gang of Four ⓘ

subject surface form: Jiang Qing