Fifty-two years ago today, on July 19, 1973 (June 20, 1973), the Liaoning Daily reported on Zhang Tiesheng's "white paper incident." In 1973, Zhang Tiesheng (front left), a Liaoning examinee, handed in a white paper in the university admissions culture test? In 1973, Zhang Tiesheng (front left), a Liaoning examinee, handed in a white paper in the university admissions culture test, but wrote a letter on the back of the paper defending his poor grades. On July 19, 1973, the front page headline of Liaoning Daily published a letter from Zhang Tiesheng, an intellectual youth and production captain of Baita Commune in Xingcheng County, Liaoning Province, under the title "A thought-provoking answer sheet". Zhang's letter was written on the back of the physical chemistry test paper of the Liaoning Provincial University Entrance Examination. The letter said: "Since I went to the countryside in 1968, I have always been enthusiastic about agricultural production and dedicated myself to my own work." "To be honest, I am not convinced by those nerds who have not been doing their jobs for many years and are free and unrestrained." "I hope that leaders at all levels can consider me as a team leader among the students entering the exam this time!" Zhang Tiesheng's Chinese score was 38, his math score was 61, and his physical chemistry score was 6, but he did not submit a blank paper. After Mao Yuanxin, the Communist Party secretary of Liaoning Province, learned of this situation, he edited the original letter and ordered Liaoning Daily to publish it. In the editor's note, Zhang Tiesheng said: "It seems that the examination of physical chemistry has been handed in a'white paper ', but he has submitted a very insightful and thought-provoking answer to the entire university enrollment route." The letter was reprinted in People's Daily on August 10, and was later reprinted by Red Flag magazine and others, with comments saying that the cultural examination is "the restoration of the old college entrance examination system" and that "the bourgeoisie is fighting back against the proletariat." Zhang Chunqiao called it a "counterattack," and Jiang Qing praised Zhang Tiesheng, who was admitted to school and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, becoming a pawn of Jiang Qing's counterrevolutionary group.