Like my motherland that was neighbored with enemy countries, debt laden, and now stood up, I share some of these characters and will go through a drastic transformation, forming a brand new image. Some of my old "債debts" are cleared, not by me but by time, by themselves...New debts are ahead, but let me celebrate my achievement first.
新中國成立前夕,毛澤東在新政治協商會議籌備會上講話,把恢複和發展人民的文化教育事業作為“中國民主聯合政府”的一項重點工作。他在講話中滿懷激情地說:“中國的命運一經操在人民自己的手裏,中國就將如太陽升起在東方那樣,以自己的輝煌的光焰普照大地,迅速地蕩滌舊社會留下來的汙泥濁水。”