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Yu Jihui: “A Stinking Old Ninth – A Tale of the Coal Capital” (updated on July 2020)
really a headache for me to write it up. I spent a
whole sleepless night to write five pages worth of
words that denounced myself. I used a lot of
malicious language to curse myself. I was really tired.
When I stood in front of the students to read my
written self-criticism, I created many slogans on the
spot. I condemned myself. I cursed myself. I said,
“As a Stinking Old Ninth, I should be denounced! I
should be knocked down! I should be beheaded. I
should be cut to pieces…”
“Talk nonsense! Who wants to cut down your
head? Your head was worth of nothing. Who wants
to cut you to pieces? To cut you to pieces would stain
revolutionary people’s hands!” the girl with two
pigtails interrupted me. “You should look for the root
from your capitalist idea. Your head is full of
capitalist ideas. Do you really love Chairman?”
“Yes, I do.”
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