At noon, at the invitation of Zhou Gongzhi, he went to Meiyuan New Village. He looked a little anxious today. I think he's overdone. As soon as Lu Ding returned to Yan'an, Dong Biwu went to Shanghai, and all important internal and external matters were almost all handled by him alone. Time is getting tighter, and it's not a matter of "forty-eight hours", but a question of twenty-four hours. And there is no sign of a negotiated issue.

I saw a document from the first side, which was an official letter from Xu Yongchang, a representative of the three-person group, which strongly insisted on the "final decision" of the US side, and there was no room for reversal. The date of the department is the 19th, and it will be delivered this morning (21st).

- Doesn't this clearly say "the right to make the final decision"?

– It's the same with English documents. I use Fi

al Decisio

Words.

- Then, Propaganda Minister Peng Xuepei is simply playing a trick. In a speech published in the newspaper the day before yesterday, he also said that it was originally a "right of arbitration," but that the translation was mistaken.

Regarding the plan for the reorganization of the army proposed by **, the withdrawal of the Eighth Route Army from Zhangjiakou, Chengde, Yantai, Weihaiwei, northern Jiangsu, and all important transportation routes, I have long heard that it is difficult to accept, and Zhou Gong also showed me the original and the case. There were four proposals for the case: the first was to immediately order a general armistice, the second was to proceed with the resumption of communications, and the third was to implement the 23 February plan for the reorganization of the army, which would be reasonably supplemented, and these three would be dealt with by agreement of the three-man military group; The fourth item is to demand the reconvening of the **** meeting to resolve all outstanding political issues.

The case is Zhou Gong's manuscript, and the words have been carefully changed and changed, showing that it took a lot of painstaking work.

According to my own opinion, the reconvening of the **** meeting or the resumption of the comprehensive group should be the most important one. Without political democratization, all military issues cannot be resolved no matter how much they are discussed. This was originally a heated debate before and after the **** meeting was convened at the beginning of the year. ** and al-Shabaab and a part of the social elite advocated the nationalization of the military first, and then the democratization of politics; Contrary to this position, they advocate political democratization first, followed by the nationalization of the armed forces. As a result of the dispute, the two went hand in hand at the same time, and Zhou Gong once said that "if the left and right feet are on the road, I don't know which one comes first". However, after the return of the capital on 5 May, the CPPCC group and the Charter Review Committee were invisibly suspended, and all discussions focused on military issues. Such an approach would have been contrary to the purpose of the **** meeting. Zhou Gong is now putting the reopening of the first meeting on the agenda, which is indeed a key issue. His intention in listing it as the fourth item instead of the first item can be understood: because the counter-case is a reply to the plan for reorganizing the army, it is natural that the text has to be military first and then political. However, such a serious and prudent confrontation is too far away from the ** confrontation, and there is obviously no possibility of reaching an agreement. I feel like this, although Zhou Gong didn't say it, he must feel it this way. It is a matter of life and death for millions of living beings, and there are only twenty-four hours left in the clock. How can you tell him not to be anxious?

At the end of the original manuscript, it was very generic at first, but it was changed to "The matter is urgent, I would like to suggest it, and I am very urgent to be on call". Doesn't such a few sentences clearly express Zhou Gong's state of mind?

didn't wait for lunch, heard that Marshall had a phone invitation, and Zhou Gong hurriedly went out again. His "lack of food and trouble" made me worry about him.

Zhou Gong was very busy, but I was too idle to make friends. What do I have to do? The departure was too hasty, and he brought nothing other books except for a few "Ten Criticisms" that were ready to be sent to the guests. When I returned to the apartment, I simply lay on the bed and spread out my book to read.

Here comes a new insight. In the book "Xunzi", he repeatedly scolded "the cheap Confucianism of Zizhang's family, the cheap Confucianism of Zixia's family, and the cheap Confucianism of Ziyou's family", which proves that Xunzi At that time, there were still a considerable number of Confucian scholars in these three families. However, when the "Xianxue Chapter" of "Han Feizi" mentioned the eight schools of Confucianism at that time, it was said that "there are Confucianism of Zizhang, Confucianism of Zisi, Confucianism of Yan, Confucianism of Meng, Confucianism of Qidiao, Confucianism of Zhongliang, Confucianism of Sun, and Confucianism of Lezheng". This is a question that I used to be in suspense and unsolved, and suddenly got an answer while lying in bed. Most of the Legalists came from the gate of Zixia, and several major figures in the early period, such as Li Kui (also known as Li Ke), Wu Qi, and Shang Ying, were all disciples or followers of Zixia. Han Fei is still the cloud of this faction. Han Fei mentioned the eight schools of Confucianism but did not mention the faction of the Xia family, probably because he did not regard this faction as Confucianism, or he was ashamed of the patriarch and did not dare to raise it and scold it. The other eight factions were raised as targets of scolding. …… This anachronistic notion was foggy in my mind, and it was quite hypnotic and sent me to sleep.

When I woke up, it was almost three o'clock, and I rushed to Lanjiazhuang to attend the third aspect symposium at three o'clock. Unexpectedly, Liang Shuming, who has always been very good, has a happy face. Luo Longji has always been full of indifference, and he seems to be even happier.

-- The truce was extended for eight days, and Luo Longji said heartily: It was Marshal Marshall who personally went to see Chairman Chiang in the morning and asked for an extension of the truce, and he was allowed to extend it for eight days. Ma Shuai asked Zhou Enlai to go and informed us of the news, and Mr. Enlai called us just now.

In this way, although it is not a permanent truce, the postponement of only eight days is also a relief for everyone.

The symposium discussed four cases against the Chinese Communist Party, and mimeographed letters have already been delivered. Most of them are also inclined to reopen the meeting, and even if it cannot be held in earnest, they want to be able to exchange views informally. It was decided that the non-party and non-factional representatives would be invited to discuss at 3 p.m. on 22 May at the Institute of History and Philology of the Academia Sinica, and at 4 p.m. on 24 April at the National Assembly Hall.