The Cultural Revolution Group is established under the leadership of Chen Boda, second from left, and consisting in addition of Kang Shen, first left, Zhang Chunqiao to Lin Biao's left, Madame Mao, Jiang Qing far right (far left in our hearts), and Yao Wenyuan.
This group "would soon direct the entire course of the Cultural Revolution, becoming the most important political organ by which all the top decisions were made." It "would rule over party, state and army." (The Cultural Revolution, A People's History 1962-1976, (2016) Frank Dikotter, 56).
Zhang, Jiang, Yao and Wang Hongwen would be bestowed the honoraria of "Gang of Four," arrest, and purge for their service to party, state, and army upon Chairman Mao's death in 1976.
