LIN, Biao.

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Lin fu zhuxi yulu ("Quotations From Vice-Chairman Lin") First edition in Braille, first printing, one of 500 copies, of this collection of sayings by Lin, published to ensure nobody was exempt from his burgeoning cult of personality. Editions of Lin's writings transformed him into China's number two fountain of ideological wisdom, with a power base that would eventually rival that of Mao himself. Scarce, with no copies recorded institutionally.The Chinese government had introduced a uniform Chinese Braille system in 1953, and by the mid-1970s there were over 170 organisations in China catering to the blind which all required copies of the latest propaganda publications. At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, Beijing mangwen chubanshe (Beijing Braille Press) was one of just two publishers in the country with the facilities to produce Braille books, and it shouldered the task of producing the majority of translations, including the present work. The high cost of production for works in Braille (due to the large quantity of paper required) was subsidized by the state rather than passed on to customers through the retail price, demonstrating the state's determination to ensure that the Cultural Revolution's cult of personality touched all state subjects.This selection of quotations from Lin was first published in Chinese the preceding year. As the driving force behind the growth of the Mao cult, Lin Biao inevitably accrued a level of political power and influence that left

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