Chen Boda was born 1904 in Hui'an (Fujian province, China) and died on 20 September 1989 in Beijing. He was a communist organizer who participated in the 1926-1927 Northern Expedition and later went to Moscow to study for four years. In 1930, Chen Boda returned to China to teach in Beijing. From 1937 on, he worked as a teacher in Yan'an. In 1951, he wrote an article with the title Mao Zedong's theory of the Chinese Revolution is the combination of Marxism-Leninism with the Chinese Revolution and a book entitled Mao Zedong on the Chinese Revolution. These works made him one of the most important interpreters of Mao Zedong's thoughts. In 1958, he became the editor of the party journal Hongqi (The Red Flag). During the Lushan Conference (July 1959), because Mao wasn't no longer the number one of the CPP at this time (Lu Shaoqi was in place), and as he didn't want to loose credibility in front of the CPP, he used Chen Boda to criticize Peng Dehuai.