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Interviewer: Hello! Thank you for accepting my interview.
Could you first tell me what decade you were born in? No need to say the
exact year.
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[I was born in] 1990.
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Interviewer: 1990—post-’90. Oh, so young! What
geographical area of China were you born in?
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In the south—Guangzhou.
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Interviewer: You were born and raised there?
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Yes.
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Interviewer: OK. So, in your impression, when was the
first time you heard about the Cultural Revolution, this historical
incident? When did you gain an impression of it?
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The first time I got an impression, I don’t remember. It
might have been during school that I heard it mentioned.
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Interviewer: Ah, during your studies.
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Right.
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Interviewer: Could you say whether it was during
elementary school or middle school—do you have an impression [of when it
was]?
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It may have been during junior high school.
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Interviewer: I see, during junior high. What about the
channel? Do you remember through what channel you heard about this
incident?
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It must’ve been in history class that the teacher
mentioned this term [“Cultural Revolution”].
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Interviewer: Ah, it was mentioned in history class.
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Right, right.
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Interviewer: Do you have an impression of how much was
shared [about the topic]?
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Just that the textbook said it was the period from ’66
to ’76, that was the Cultural Revolution. It didn’t say anything
concrete.
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Basically, in junior high it wasn’t really discussed [in
depth], but in high school we might have talked about it more, through
telling stories and things.
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Interviewer: Oh, telling some stories. Then besides
coursework, were there other channels through which you heard about it?
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My dad really likes watching a drama called
Bright Sword. After
watching the drama, he read the books, and he told me that Li Yunlong, the
protagonist…
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Actually, after the TV drama, the novel describes all the
things [the protagonist] experienced during the period of the Cultural
Revolution.
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It made [my father] feel so distraught that an amazing war
hero would meet such a devastating end.
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This is my deepest impression from all the things I’ve
heard related to the Cultural Revolution.
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Interviewer: OK, so it was brought up in your family. So,
as someone born in the ’90s, you’re very young.
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Interviewer：I know you’re in school right now. Would
you classify your studies as sociology, humanities, or natural
sciences?
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I’d classify it as sociology.
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Interviewer: Sociology. Then, apart from the times it was
brought up in class, or the time your father mentioned [提到过] it, are
you personally interested?
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Interviewer: If you personally came across this topic
concerning the Cultural Revolution, would you be interested in it?
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I’m pretty interested in the literature of that period,
like novels and such…
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Interviewer: Oh, [you] read literary works.
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Yes.
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Interviewer: So, can you understand them?
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I can’t especially—it’s just to listen to some
stories and think about the situation of the time.
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Interviewer: Ah. You’re not saying…Do you have any
kind of doubts? Do you have any thoughts—for example, some young people
have asked, “Is all of that [described in novels] real?”
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Ah! Actually, my primary feeling is regret that many good
people were persecuted.
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I feel it was such a pity: they had already paid such a
heavy price, and the result was that they ended up encountering such a
tragic event.
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That is, they might have gone on to do even more [good]
things, but after being persecuted during that period, they just couldn’t
do more good things.
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Interviewer: Ah. Very good. Thank you for participating in
this interview.
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No need to thank me! Thank you.
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