Chapter 14 Summary and Analysis

Lao Tang is selected to be one of six scholars on the task force known as Liang Xiao. The purpose is to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius. Yue Daiyun thinks that this would benefit her family. These scholars are lodged in the lakeside house with private rooms. He and the group also travel with Jiang Qing in her private train cars. Lao Tang gains national recognition as a scholar as the task force's work is widely distributed and acknowledged by the Central Committee. Since Lao Tang is not sure if the publications are being used against Deng Xiaoping who at one time wanted to leave Liang Xiao.

Lao Tang is a delegate to the Fourth National People's Congress in January 1975. At this time Mao wants Jiang Qing about the Gang of Four. She eventually moves out of his compound at Zhongnanhai...