Dawa Execution Ground, Hunnan District, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
Cause of death
Torture, Execution
Resting place
Shenyang Huilonggang Revolutionary Cemetery
Monuments
Mengshi Statue People's Park, Guangdong Province
Nationality
Chinese
Alma mater
Renmin University of China
Occupation(s)
Student, activist
Era
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
Known for
Criticism of Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution Group
Political party
Chinese Communist Party
Criminal charges
Counter-revolutionary speech
Criminal penalty
Death by execution
Parent(s)
Zhang Yuzao (Father) Hao Yuzhi (Mother)
Zhang Zhixin (Chinese: 张志新; pinyin: Zhāngzhìxīn; Wade–Giles: Chang Chih-hsin; 5 December 1930 – 4 April 1975) was a dissident during the Cultural Revolution who became famous for criticizing the idolization of Mao Zedong and the ultra-left.[1] She was imprisoned for six years (1969 to 1975) and tortured, then executed, for having opposing views while being a member of the Chinese Communist Party.[2]
A second party member who had expressed agreement with Zhang was sentenced to 18 years in prison.[3]
Although many consider her a heroine among the people for standing up to the party,[3] her experience is also a reminder of the potential punishment for deviating from party principles.
She did not consider herself anti-communist, but rather a "true Marxist" for whom Mao had distorted the communist cause. Even in prison, she insisted she was a member of the Chinese Communist Party. Many of her points of view were similar to those of the Communist leaders who succeeded Mao. For this reason, she was rehabilitated by Hu Yaobang and recognized as a revolutionary martyr, a model communist.
^R. Randle Edwards, Human Rights in Contemporary China, 193 pp. 1986, 1988: Columbia Univ. Press. (ISBN 0231061811)
^Ladany, László. The Communist Party of China and Marxism, 1921-1985: A Self Portrait. 1988: Stanford University, Hoover Institution Press. (ISBN 0817986219)
^ abZheng, Yi. Scarlet Memorial: Tales Of Cannibalism In Modern China. 1997: Westview Press. (ISBN 0813326168)
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