Chen Boda

Chen Boda
Chen Boda
Traditional Chinese	陳伯達
Simplified Chinese	陈伯达
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Bódá
Wade–Giles	Ch'en Po-ta
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Tân Peh-ta̍t

Chen Boda
Chen Boda
陈伯达
	Chen in 1969
Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
	In office; 1966–1970
Personal details
Born	Chen Shangyu; 29 July 1904; Hui'an, Fujian, Qing China
Died	20 September 1989 (aged 85); Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1927–1973)
Children	4 (three sons, one daughter)
Alma mater	Sun Yat-sen University

Chen Boda (simplified Chinese: 陈伯达; traditional Chinese: 陳伯達; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Po-ta; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Peh-ta̍t; 29 July 1904 – 20 September 1989), was a Chinese Communist journalist, professor and political theorist who rose to power as the chief interpreter of Maoism (or "Mao Zedong Thought") in the first 20 years of the People's Republic of China.^[2] Chen became a close associate of Mao Zedong in Yan'an, during the late 1930s, drafting speeches and theoretical essays and directing propaganda.^[3]

After 1949, Chen played a leading role in overseeing mass media and ideology; at the start of the Cultural Revolution in 1966, Mao named him Chairman of the Cultural Revolution Group, entrusting him with the task of guiding the new mass movement. However, his ultra-radical line and close ties with Lin Biao eventually led to his downfall in 1970.^[2]^[3]

^ yidianzixun.com
^ ^a ^b Chen Boda biography Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
^ ^a ^b Guo Jian, Yongyi Song and Yuan Zhou, "Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution", pp. 33-35, The Scarecrow Press, 2006

[1] yidianzixun.com

[britannica-2] Chen Boda biography Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

[dictionary-3] Guo Jian, Yongyi Song and Yuan Zhou, "Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Cultural Revolution", pp. 33-35, The Scarecrow Press, 2006

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