On this day 48 years ago, on March 24, 1977 (February 5, 1977 in the lunar calendar), Ye Jianying asked the army to clarify ten issues. On March 24, 1977, Ye Jianying, Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Vice Chairperson of the Central Military Commission, delivered a speech at the symposium of the Central Military Commission, in which he pointed out that the current work of the army should clarify ten issues that should not be, that is, should not adhere to the party's absolute leadership over the army; should not adhere to the proletarian party spirit and oppose the bourgeois anti-factionalism; should not inherit and carry forward the fine traditions of our party and our army; should not rectify the army; should not abide by revolutionary discipline and rules and regulations; should not engage in the combination of the old, middle and young in accordance with the "five conditions" of the successor; should not emphasize the stability of the army; should not be strictly trained and strictly required; should not adhere to the field army, local armed forces, and militia combined armed forces system; should not be prepared for war.