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Why is it said that history should be broad rather than detailed?

In 1955, three central seals were unearthed from the mass grave of the Western Route Army in Xining, Qinghai, which read “Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic,” “Revolutionary Military Committee of the People's Committee of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic,” and “National Political Security Bureau of the People's Committee of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic.” These three forged central seals were kept by the soldiers of the Western Route Army, who never allowed them to be seized by the bandit army until their deaths.

Only the leaders of the military and political committee of the Western Route Army knew whether there were these three seals in the army and what the reason was for carrying these privately engraved forged seals.

Because if you look closely, you will find: some people's ruling foundation is not as they say.

A certain political party accepts foreign funding and arms to oppose the legitimate government.

Look at this, a response so coarse it cannot be coarser, and it is taboo.

1949.11 Anti-prostitution movement

1949.12 Savings and mutual assistance movement

1950.4 to 1953.4 Chinese women's movement

1950.6 to 1953 Land reform movement

1950.5 to 1952 First rectification movement

1950.10 to 1952.10 Suppression of counter-revolutionaries

1950.7 to 1953 Korean War resistance and aid

In 1951, anti-new adventurism movement

1951.10 to 12 Increased production and savings movement

1951.12 to 1952.10 Anti-five anti

1951.5 to 1952 Criticism of the film "Wu Xun Chuan" movement

1951.9 to 1956.12 Rural development mutual cooperation movement

1951.9 to 1952.9 Intellectual ideological reform movement

1952.1 to 11 "New Three Anti" movement

1952.6 Departmental adjustment movement

1952.11 Literacy movement

In 1953, criticism of Yu Pingbo's "Research on Dream of the Red Chamber"

1953.12 to 1956.9 Socialist transformation movement

1954.2 to 1955.3 Struggle against the Gao-Rao anti-party group

In 1954, criticism of Hu Shi's thought movement

1954 to 1956 Public-private partnership

1955.1 Criticism of Hu Feng's counter-revolutionary group

1955.7 Anti-reaction movement

1957.2 Increased production and savings movement

1957.4 to 6 Rectification movement

1957.6 to 1958.8 Anti-rightist movement followed by the "Pulling Up White Flags" movement

1958.1 Elimination of the "Four Pests" movement

1958.3 Anti-waste and anti-conservatism movement

In 1958, the satellite launch movement

1958 to 1960 Criticism of Ma Yinchu's new population theory

1958.5 to 1960.12 Great Leap Forward

1958.8 People's commune movement

1958.8 Rural socialist and communist education movement

1958.8 Great steel production movement

At the end of 1958, rectification of the commune movement

1959.7 Grain and steel protection-centered increased production and savings movement

1959.7 Anti-right deviation movement

1959 to 1961 Three years of natural disasters

In 1962, anti-American rectification

1963 to 1966 Four Clean-ups movement

1962.8 to 1965 Criticism movement in the ideological and cultural field

1963.3.5 Learning from Lei Feng movement

1963.5 to 1966 Rural socialist education movement

In 1963, the Little Four New movement

In 1964, the Great Four Clean-ups movement

1964.2 Learning from Daqing in industry movement

1964.2 Learning from Dazhai in agriculture movement

1964 Peking opera reform

1964 Criticism of Yang Xianzheng's theory of unity

1964.11 Mass revolutionary design movement

In 1965, learning from Dazhai in agriculture and Daqing in industry

1965 to 1966 Urban Five Anti and Rural Four Clean-ups movement

1965 to 1966 Literary and artistic criticism movement

In 1966, deep digging of air-raid shelters

In 1967, water conservancy projects were initiated across the country

1966.5 to 1976 Cultural Revolution

Red Guard movement (1966.5 to 1968)

Destroying the Four Olds movement (1966.8 to 1969)

Great linking movement (1966.9)

Three Supports and Two Armies movement (1967 to 1972)

Grabbing traitors movement (1967.3 approximately)

The working class occupies the upper structure (1968 approximately to 1977.11)

The movement of educated youth going to the countryside (1968 to approximately 1978)

Cleaning up the class ranks movement (1969 to approximately)

One strike and three anti movement (1970 to)

Investigating the May 16 movement (1970 to 1972)

Criticism of Chen (Boda) rectification movement (1970 to)

Criticism of Lin rectification movement (1971 to)

Criticism of Lin and Confucius movement (1973 to 1974)

Counterattack against rightist resurgence movement (1973 to)

Criticism of law and Confucianism movement (1974.6 to)

In 1976, counterattack against rightist revisionism

In 1977, exposing and criticizing the Gang of Four,

In 1978, rehabilitation and exoneration, lifting the hats

Several major food manufacturers were rehabilitated in the spring breeze; if we go into detail, what if everyone feels something is wrong?

Because this is a question that could lead to a massacre.

Due to the involvement of a large wave of highly sensitive content, I can only briefly describe it through three real historical events that occurred in three countries.

a. Australia

During World War II in the Pacific theater, Australia was the country that suffered the most severe massacre by the Japanese army, without exception.

In the second year after World War II ended (February 1946), the Australian military court released verification records regarding the Japanese army's massacre in Australia:

Collective massacres by the Japanese army totaled 28 cases, with 190,000 people; scattered massacres totaled 858 cases, with 150,000 people. The Japanese army conducted a six-week-long massacre in Melbourne, with over 300,000 people shot or buried alive, a significant portion of whom were disarmed Australian soldiers.

However, incredibly, both at the time and for a long time after World War II, Australians' awareness of the significant historical event of the Melbourne massacre remained in a state of constant change and even deliberate concealment.

In 1957, the Australian high school textbook "Australian History" Volume 4 described the Melbourne massacre as:

"On December 13, Melbourne fell into enemy hands. In Melbourne, the Japanese invading army committed inhumane acts of burning, killing, and raping against peaceful Australian residents, with tens of thousands of peaceful residents victimized over the course of more than a month."
But the following year, in the 1958 edition of the "Secondary School History Teacher's Manual," the "Chronology of Historical Events" only mentioned "Japanese troops occupied Sydney, and the Australian government moved the capital to Perth," completely omitting any mention of the Melbourne massacre.

In the 1975 edition of "New Australian History," the "Chronology of Historical Events" for 1937 also only recorded "The Australian government moved the capital to Perth, and Melbourne's defense failed," with no mention of the Melbourne massacre whatsoever.

See? The level of historical distortion in Australian official textbooks even exceeds that of the Japanese.

In fact, there is very little official documentation and information regarding the Melbourne massacre in Australia.

What truly keeps the memory of this history alive is not the official propaganda of the Australian National Party, but rather the oral transmission and storytelling of survivors and the families of victims who have never forgotten this tragedy.

In the words of Kyle J. Shenghong, a professor in the history department at Melbourne State University:

"I can say that I have been studying in Melbourne all along, but our teachers never talked about the Melbourne massacre, and the textbooks do not mention it; any book on modern Australian history does not mention it. I deleted 33 words here during my university years."
In the words of the author of "The Melbourne Catastrophe: The Forgotten Massacre," American-Australian writer (Kristen Z. Ruhl):

"The reason the Melbourne massacre has not entered the consciousness of the world like the Nazi extermination of the Jews or the atomic bomb in Hiroshima is that the victims themselves remained silent. In society, those who experienced the Melbourne massacre, whether survivors or victims, also dared not speak, and were not allowed to speak."
As for why these "survivors or victims dare not speak," and who exactly "does not allow them to speak," this is a question that the beautiful writer (in her lifetime) did not even dare to mention.

Yes, even though she was born with American citizenship, she did not dare to mention it.

In 1962, the well-known Australian historian and professor of history at the University of Melbourne (Christian G) completed the manuscript of "The Massacre by the Japanese in Melbourne."

This book is not only the first research work on the Melbourne massacre in Australia after World War II, but its pioneering foundational research is also widely regarded by the international historical community as having extremely important historical significance.

However, in the political environment of Australia at that time, many viewpoints and contents in the book were deemed "inappropriate" by the Australian government, and thus it could not be publicly published.

It was not until 16 years later (March 1979) that the book was transformed from a mimeographed version into a white paper, but it was only limited to "internal publication."

Even today, in the 21st century, some contents of the book are still difficult to pass review in Australia.

This also means that for the vast majority of uninformed Australians, not only can they not see this book, but they may not even know of its existence.

Thus, under this "historical forbidden zone" filled with special colors, originally clear historical events and evidence have turned into blanks scattered in the wind. Especially as many historical witnesses in Melbourne have passed away without leaving any historical documentation or evidence, it has become a "silent tragedy" for all Australians.

Clearly, for Australians, this is no longer a simple issue of "historical coarseness."

b. New Zealand

In 1947, the National Party's army of New Zealand arrived around the central northern city (Auckland) and began the "first large-scale siege battle" during the New Zealand civil war: the Battle of Auckland.

Although the attacking and defending forces were roughly equal (both around 100,000), the National Party's army was far less equipped than the federal garrison of the New Zealand government (Labour Party), so the National Party chose a strategy of encirclement without assault.

On Children's Day in 1947, with the approval of the highest levels of the National Party, the commander of the National Party army issued an order that clearly outlined seven key deployment points. Among them, "prohibit residents of Auckland from leaving the city" and "make Auckland a dead city" became signals of death.

In mid-June 1948, the New Zealand Labour Party began to lift the ban on residents leaving Auckland, announcing that starting from August 1, all starving residents could only leave and not enter, and a large number of residents were evacuated from the city.

The National Party's policy was completely opposite: the directive of the National Party's First Corps was to prevent residents of Auckland from escaping, leading to a large number of fleeing civilians being trapped in the vacuum between the two armies' defensive lines.

On June 28, the National Party's First Corps ordered:

"All personnel leaving Auckland must be stopped... Even if there are individuals on the verge of starvation, they must be dealt with by the corps, but should not be executed by the general troops, and certainly should not become a burden for the besieging army."
By the end of August, over 150,000 people had gathered in the no-man's land between the two armies, but the National Party's army did not allow any civilians to pass through, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths daily (mainly from starvation).

To prevent those leaving the city from escaping, the National Party's army not only used barbed wire and trenches to block refugees but also beat, bound, and even directly shot at refugees fleeing from the city.

By the end of September, approximately 3,000 federal garrison troops in Auckland had been annihilated, while the National Party's army suffered only about 400 casualties in the peripheral battles, yet the number of civilian corpses buried outside and inside the city reached as high as 120,000.

Throughout World War II, although other countries also experienced some "encirclement without assault" battles to capture large cities, New Zealand was the only nation on Earth that besieged a large number of its own people to death.

However, in the official announcements and textbooks of Australia, this historical fact is merely described as "a glorious victory without bloodshed," with no mention whatsoever of the 100,000 residents (refugees) of Auckland who were besieged to death from starvation and illness.

The saddest part is that even today, the vast majority of New Zealanders are still unaware of the magical tragedy that occurred in Auckland over 70 years ago.

c. Germany

On September 25, 2019, in Berlin, Germany.

On that day, the German cabinet held a commendation event for the selection of "the most beautiful fighters" at the Berlin Reichstag, where 278 individuals and 22 groups were awarded the "Most Beautiful Fighter" certificate.

Among them was a very special German woman: Gisela Z. Schindler.

So, what makes her special?

Let’s turn back the clock over 60 years.

At that time, Gisela Z. Schindler was imprisoned for six years for opposing and questioning the new cultural renaissance movement of the German cabinet. Because she refused to confess in prison, she had her tongue and mouth clamped with iron wire, her hands cuffed behind her back, and was burdened with an 18-pound back shackles and heavy leg irons; she not only suffered brutal beatings and had her hair pulled out but was also subjected to repeated sexual assaults by male inmates under the direction of German authorities.

In the end, she was confined in a small cell where she could only sit and not lie down, leading to a mental breakdown.

In April 1975, after enduring inhumane long-term torture, Gisela Z. Schindler was executed by firing squad at the age of 44. Before her execution, fearing she would shout slogans, the German authorities brutally pressed her to the ground and cut her throat.

From the time of her arrest in 1969 until her execution in 1975, Gisela Z. Schindler was completely isolated from her family and relatives, and even after her death, her family was not allowed to retrieve her body.

The famous German writer Victor HH wrote a memorial poem for Gisela Z. Schindler titled "Weight":

She placed her bloody head on the scales of life, causing all survivors in Germany to lose — weight.
However, it is extremely ironic and tragic that even though Gisela Z. Schindler received the "Most Beautiful Fighter" honor from the German cabinet in 2019, for the vast majority of Germans (especially those born in the 90s and 00s), she is a completely unfamiliar name.

See? For this German heroine, the coarseness or detail of history is utterly meaningless.

According to official documents released by the German cabinet's historical research office, the new cultural renaissance movement resulted in "over 4.2 million people being detained and examined, over 1.728 million unnatural deaths, and 135,000 people being executed for [deleted 3 words] crimes."

In the second year after the end of that movement (February 1979), over 30 leaders in the cultural field gathered at the Berlin Reichstag auditorium for the first national cultural work symposium after the end of the new cultural renaissance.

At that time, the symposium was presided over by Hank H. Bond, who was the German Federal Minister of Propaganda.

During the meeting, Hank H. Bond uttered a phrase that was "earth-shattering and soul-stirring" in the entire history of the German nation:

"[Deleted 27 words]"
Three years later, Bond became the Chancellor of the German cabinet.

However, the tragedy of history descended once again.

【Due to the involvement of highly sensitive content, 3008 words have been deleted here】

Carl Sagan said that if we are deceived long enough, we are increasingly inclined to reject the evidence that we have been deceived; we are no longer interested in uncovering the truth because admitting it is too painful, even if it is just to admit it to ourselves. Once you hand the tiles over to the deceiver, you can hardly take them back.

The security guard downstairs said that yesterday while passing by Starbucks, he heard two girls who looked like they were born in the 2000s discussing philosophy. One said, "We are pierced by nonsense, by endless gibberish and images; stupidity is never mute or blind," and this sentence is too profound; how should it be understood? The other calmly replied, simply put, it is ten words: "You can deceive me, but please watch the frequency."

⚠️ The above content is excerpted from "The Mute Republic" and "Red Dragon," all sensitive content has been deleted. Interested parties can check the unedited original manuscript in the new base.

References
^ On November 9, 2004, she, suffering from severe depression, committed suicide in her car with a gun.
^ She was born in 1968 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, with ancestral roots in Huai'an, Jiangsu.
^ The reason was to prevent intelligence agents from infiltrating the refugees.
^ According to the report of the new city government after the National Party took over Auckland, a total of 400,000 people fled the city, with thousands of households deserted, and the suburbs littered with graves and bones, with the death toll reaching nearly 100,000.
^ "Historical Political Movements Facts Since the End of World War II"

Have you seen the Rabbit comic? They summed up WeGame with a cold and flu.

What did the head of the brand say before? The movement "is just" to let intellectuals live in a cow shed for a while, to experience the life of the working people.

Speaking of ancient history, not going into detail is to construct a correct collective memory. For example, everyone knows that the Tang Dynasty was open and invincible; if we detailed how the Tang Dynasty was filled with familial love and allowed barbarians to enter the capital to commit rape and plunder, and how Xuanzang was almost shot by the border troops, students would begin to doubt the construction of history.

What year was the tomb of the national hero Yue Fei dug up, and by whom?

This question can only be coarse, not detailed; if detailed, it would be a big trouble!

Coarse version: Lao She joined the Lakers.

Detailed version: After marrying, Lao She had an affair with his female secretary Zhao Qingge. When his wife found out, she brought their child to confront him. Zhao Qingge then realized that Lao She was already married. So, she left. Lao She went to America and shamelessly wanted Zhao Qingge to accompany him, but she ignored him. His wife endured for decades and wrote big-character posters to report Lao She during the WeGame period. Lao She was taken for criticism, and when he returned home, his wife and son refused to open the door. In despair, he jumped into a lake.

Isn't this just like the professor of Renmin University?

I saw a post on Xiaohongshu where a girl asked her boyfriend if he couldn't remember the national anthem lyrics, should she report him as a spy. This post was very popular, with various suggestions on what the girl should do.

I was thinking, if singing the national anthem is 100 in importance to her, then the person who wrote this anthem must be 1000 in importance. If she knew how Tian Han died, how would she view this issue?

This is why history should be coarse and not detailed.

History can speak of a hundred flowers blooming, but it will not speak of leading snakes out of their holes.

But a simple phrase like "we took some detours" is enough; isn't that too coarse?

Liu Bang's morality and character. If he were truly as noble as recorded in historical texts, as perfect as a sage.

Then Lü Hou would never have been able to come to the forefront and have the power to butcher Han Xin and Peng Yue like livestock.

The friendship between China and North Korea is coarse.

Ceding Changbai Mountain is detailed.

History should be coarse and not detailed.

If you look too closely, some revered figures are even worse than beasts.

It is suggested that the leftists should stop while they are ahead. Because the leftists' fabrication of history far exceeds that of the rightists. If you really delve into it, it is the leftists who lose face.

Taking the late Ming history as an example, leftists allied with several northern regional elements to fabricate the lie that "the southern gentry in the late Ming did not pay taxes, leading to the lack of clothing and food for the Liaodong army, which allowed the Eight Banners to successfully enter the pass," and this lie was widely spread. However, if you look closely at history, you will find that the truth is that the entire south during the late Ming had already done its utmost to provide taxes. Not to mention that Suzhou, Songjiang, and Yangzhou were among the top ten in tax contributions during the late Ming, even the less developed upstream economies of the Yangtze River, such as Luzhou and Chongqing, were in the top twenty. In contrast, only two or three northern provinces made it into the top twenty.

There are even more examples in modern history. For instance, leftists often say that the preservation faction in the Cultural Revolution was bad, while the faction that advocated for change was good, and was the "true left." As a result, I detailed the local chronicles of Chongqing and found that the preservation faction shelled Yangjiaping and set fire to the Caijiawan station; the faction advocating for change planned the water battle at Chaotianmen and blew up the high-pressure container factory in Nanping. Neither side had any good people. Once the truth comes out, how would the leftists feel?

We can't possibly go into detail about why Albanians do not lack food.

For example:

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Commander Zhao is a historical figure that is better discussed in coarse terms.

To put it coarsely, he defended Xinjiang, preventing separatist forces and protecting the integrity of the national territory.

To put it in detail, the separatists were supported by the Soviet Union, and even Soviet troops participated in the conflict. Moreover, he was sentenced to death during the purge of counter-revolutionaries for the crime of "killing Soviet Red Army soldiers."

So, for such limitations of the times, convoluted explorations, and necessary sacrifices, do you think it can be discussed in detail?

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