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Approved For Release meee sien GiA-BPF,96-00792R000300330001-8 LN734-85 A MEMORABLE IMPORTANT DAY: “ Speech by. eS Skadiebd At The Symposium To Commemorate The Fifth Anniversary Of Research. In. Human Paranormal Capabilities In China. Beijing, March 11, 1984) ~ Seater eee, day is a very important and very.memorable date, it is the anniversary of eke first publication in the "Sichuan Daily" of Tang Yu's paranormal capability to distinguish Chinese characters with his ear. This is a very important event in modern China. From March “Il, 1979 to today, it has been five years. A few days ago, I\saw.a’summary of the past five years written by Comrade Ho Qing-Nian. It is truly worth while recalling what has happened over: the past five years. We have had many experiences, and have probably learned many lessons. These should be suiymed up in a careful manner. This is a very worthwhile thing to do, because this is a major event in mans understanding of the objective world. Recently, at a conference on n_new\technology revolution held by the National | Defenge Science Industries Commiss ant only this question. “I sald. this may be a sign OL _the new science revolution to come. I did not state it | this directly, I only said that the new science revolution: refers to systematic science, thought science, and human science. It seems that the first two are acceptable to most people, but when I spoke of human science, during the dis- | cussion, someone disagreed. When the conference was ending, Comrade Zhang. Zhen+ Huan elaborated on this point “for awhile. He gave an explanation to those comrades who had never seen for themselves and so did not understand the truth of the matter. He also gave a counterattack against _ those people who are always confounding right and ‘wrong and who criticize without, ‘good 7 reason. Therefore, we can see from these examples that ours is not going to be an easy task. Human science is not comprised of paranormal capabilities alone. It_also includes Chinese medicine, and Qigong ‘(translater's note: Qigong is a system of breathing exercises and breath control which is believed to be a source of energy, physical ‘and/or psychic. ) These are very difficult to research, and are difficult for fiost people to accept. Therefore, at the Conference on Qigong at Qinghua University after the spring festival this year I stated that we were facing a struggle in the. defense of dialectical materialism. Comrade Yu Guang-Yuan stated on the basis of rational reasoning, he could make the judgment that we were wrong. How is this possible? This is contrary to Marxism-Leninism. It is contrary to dialectical materialism. At first I did not see the question this way, but later I came to understand that it was this kind of question - it is, of course, a question on the ideological front. It is different opinions on what is understood. It is a difference in understanding. Really, it is a ques— tion of whether we want dialectical materialism or do we want mechanical . ‘waterialism “or. idealistic materialism. Since it is such a major question, do not entertain any hopes that we will meet with easy success. This will be a very -3- Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000300330001-8