Shengwulian
Hunan Provincial Proletarian Revolutionary Great Alliance Committee 湖南省无产阶级革命派大联合委员会 | |
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| Abbreviation | Shengwulian |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Dissolved | 1968 |
| Headquarters | Hunan |
| Ideology | Left communism |
| Political position | Far-left |
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| Simplified Chinese | 湖南省无产阶级革命派大联合委员会 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 湖南省無產階級革命派大聯合委員會 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Hunan Provincial Proletarian Revolutionary Great Alliance Committee | ||||||||
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The Shengwulian or Sheng-wu-lien (simplified Chinese: 省无联; traditional Chinese: 省無聯), derived from the Chinese acronym for the full name of Hunan Provincial Proletarian Revolutionary Great Alliance Committee, was a radical ultra-left group formed in 1967 during the Cultural Revolution. The rebel group became known for its opposition to local authorities installed by Beijing and for creatively re-interpreting the Cultural Revolution's official doctrine, becoming active during a period when the political trends of the Cultural Revolution were moving away from mass political mobilization.
In stark contrast to other Red Guard factions during the Cultural Revolution, Shengwulian was notable for its willingness to criticize Mao Zedong from a communist perspective.