Hua Guofeng And "Two Whatevers" (1976~1978)

In February 7,1977,"People’s Daily","Liberation Army" and "The Red Flag" magazine jointly published an editorial "learn files and seize the key",proposed the "Two Whatevers",namely "We will resolutely uphold whatever policy decisions Chairman Mao made,and unswervingly follow whatever instructions Chairman Mao gave".Once the "Two Whatevers" was put forward,it caused a great deal of controversy."two newspapers,one periodical " will inevitably be the President of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Hua Guofeng pushed to the cusp,a moment of criticism will be directed at Hua Guofeng himself.In 1976,after Hua Guofeng,Ye Jianying,Wang Dongxing and others arrested the“Gang of Four”,domestic and foreign hostile forces launched a “against Maoism”“military coup” question,took the opportunity to create contradictions,disrupt the situation.When the "Two Whatevers" was proposed,the original intention is holding high the great banner of Mao Zedong,following Mao Zedong’s succession,stabilize the situation of the country,developing and economic,to achieve national stability and unity.However,because of the absoluteness of the expression itself and the gap between the high-level intention and the reception of the folk information,the "Two Whatevers" produced the social understanding contrary to it,and this misunderstanding to Hua Guofeng has continued to this day.But this is not the case.From the time of view,Hua Guofeng was not involved in "Two Whatevers" at first.The "Two Whatevers" has three Edition before and after : Li Xin prepared the outline of the speech for the Hua Guofeng on meeting of the Central Party and government organs in January,"two newspapers,one periodica" published a classic version and Hua Guofeng’s speech in 1977 March the central work conference.The three manuscript was drafted by Li Xin,and the need for stability was maintained by holding high the red flag.In July 1977,the Communist Party of China held the third Plenary Session of the 10 th CPC Central Committee,with Hua Guofeng Deng spoke Xiaoping’s thought "our party,army and people guided by complete and accurate of Mao Zedong thought," the end of the "Two Whatevers" formulation.Since the smashing of the "Gang of four",Deng Xiaoping,Hu Yaobang,Hu Jiwei,a group of veteran cadres has comeback,"sixty-one group of traitors" case,Tao Zhu case to be vindicated,correct the rightist work has basically ended,"truth standard" problem can be solved in the discussion.The results show that,as chairman of the CPC CentralCommittee Hua Guofeng did not hinder the rehabilitation of Deng Xiaoping as the representative of the old cadres and miscarriages of justice,but also promote the "Cultural Revolution" problems actively,so as to ensure the smooth transition of two years,to create a free and democratic atmosphere for the CPC held the third Plenary Session of the 11 th CPC Central Committee,created the stable political environment for the reform and opening up.The "Two Whatevers" is not the "evidence" for his personal worship vigorously,obstruct the old cadre comeback,the "Two Whatevers" is proposed in March 1977 not to delay correct the injustice.Hua Guofeng suffered criticism because of "Two Whatevers" in 1977,but Hua Guofeng’s behaviour in transition of two years was the best proof of his intentions.