【新唐人2013年08月23日訊】現在全球媒體矚目的焦點，莫過於中共前重慶市委書記薄熙來的世紀大審判。不過，在審判的前兩天，中共已故領導人陳毅的兒子，文革期間的北京八中紅衛兵領袖陳小魯，發表了一封對文革行為反思的致歉信，同樣也引發外界極大的反響。
陳小魯文革時期是北京八中的紅衛兵領袖，同時擔任校革委會主任。8月19號，北京八中老三屆同學會的博客上，發表了陳小魯的對《發生在北京八中不堪回首的一幕》的反饋這篇文章。文章形容文革是不堪回首、令人恐懼的年代，他在信中表示，他的「正式道歉來的太遲了，但為了靈魂的淨化，為了社會的進步，為了民族的未來，必須做這樣道歉，沒有反思，談何進步！」
目前中國社會正處於熱點爆發的時候。首當其衝就是薄熙來審判，另外一個就是剛剛結束的中共宣傳工作會議，習近平提出的「堅持保黨」的意識型態。資深媒體人高瑜認為，陳小魯這個道歉來的正是時候，提醒民眾不要忘記文革給全中國帶來的傷害。
資深媒體人高瑜：「現在不許提憲政，整個國家不許提憲政，那不提憲政你提甚麼呢，那不就是造反？批判、唱紅、讀毛語錄，就是這些東西，這個就使中國當時搞到無法無天，給中國帶來那麼大損失的動亂時期。」
1946年7月出生於山東的陳小魯，是中共已故所謂「十大元帥」之一陳毅的兒子，是北京第八中學1966屆高中畢業生。文革初期，他倡議並組建了首都紅衛兵西城區糾察隊，成為文革中第一個跨校際的紅衛兵組織。有些資料顯示，陳小魯是紅衛兵的代表人物。
中共前黨魁毛澤東1966年發動的文革，時間持續長達10年。在毛澤東支持和鼓勵下，紅衛兵高喊「革命無罪、造反有理」口號，到處串聯揪斗、打砸搶抄殺達到了瘋狂的程度，給當時社會帶來了極大的破壞。
陳毅在文革爆發後，1967年2月發生的二月逆流事件中，公開批評文革，影射毛澤東。1969年10月，陳毅被以戰備為名，下放到石家莊勞動。同年在廬山舉行的中共九屆二中全會上，他又捲入了所謂二陳（陳毅、陳伯達）合流事件。1970年，陳毅因病回到北京，次年陳毅被發現罹患直腸癌。1972年1月6號去世。
時過境遷，即使文革已經結束將近40年，但文革遺傷一直影響著中國人的內心和生活。據心理學者研究，文革期間的少年們仇恨並背叛自己的父輩，卻逐漸變得越來越像他的父母。遺傷與暴力在代際間悄然傳遞。
有網友認為，陳小魯的舉動，勢必會掀起一波為文革道歉的風潮。時事評論員任百鳴則表示，這不太可能。
時事評論員任百鳴：「因為文革的發生，完全是由於中共一黨專制的制度本身造成的，人在這個過程當中，就像在一個機器的螺絲丁一樣，就是你必須是被這個機器所一起帶動，是這部機器，就是它這個制度本身所驅動的，所以這不是個人反思或道歉的問題。」
這段期間，中國社會出現一些為文革唱好的言論和做法，有網友說，如果不希望文革在中國重演，關鍵是公布那段真實的歷史，而不是繼續蓋著。其實有太多的真實歷史需要我們知道，而不光是文革。
任百鳴：「大家可以看到，14年來迫害法輪功，已經就像一種類似中共文革的大迫害，甚至是更慘烈，發生活摘法輪功學員器官的迫害，而這個迫害也是全國性的，從上到下整個形式，其實就是文革的一個翻版，而且持續的在進行。」
陳小魯在信中還強調，「如何解讀文革是個人的自由，但是違反憲法，侵犯人權的非人道主義行為不應該以任何形式在中國重演！」
任百鳴表示，要真正的剷除文革餘毒，不是光靠一個道歉就能解決，是共產黨必須徹底解體，才能真正解決中華民族的前途問題。
採訪/陳漢 編輯/黃億美 後製/蕭宇
A Red Guard’s Regret for Evils Done in the Cultural Revolution
Recently, the trial of Bo Xilai, Chongqing’s ex-Party chief,
has become the focus of global media coverage.
Meanwhile, Chen Xiaolu, the son of Chen Yi, the late
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) veteran, released a letter.
He apologized for what he did as a leader
in the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution.
His letter has triggered a strong reaction among the public.
Chen Xiaolu was a Red Guards leader in Beijing’s
No. 8 Middle School during the Cultural Revolution.
On August 19, the school’s Weibo micro-blog
account posted a letter written by Chen.
In the letter, Chen describes the Cultural Revolution
as a “painful, frightening era".
He says that his “formal apology came too late".
“But we must make such an apology, in order to purify
the soul, for social progress and the nation’s future."
“Without introspection, there can not be progress!"
China now sees heated issues emerging.
First the Bo Xilai trial, now the CCP’s recent meeting
on propaganda work.
At the meeting, CCP leader Xi Jinping was insistent
upon “maintaining the survival of the Party”.
Gao Yu, veteran media professional, says that
Chen Xiaolu’s apology came just in time.
It is reminding the public to not forget the harm
that the Cultural Revolution brought to the whole nation.
Gao Yu: “Now the whole nation is forbidden to
talk about constitutionalism.
What the authorities advocate then——
isn’t that creating rebellion?
Things like ‘struggle sessions,’ singing
revolutionary songs, and reading Mao’s books,
all these are what made China a mess back then,
resulting in great losses and a turbulent era.”
Born in 1946, Chen Xiaolu is the son of Chen Yi,
now deceased, who was one of the CCP’s ‘Ten Marshals.’
At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution,
Chen Xiaolu initiated and set up the first
inter-school Red Guards organization.
He was considered a core figure of the Red Guards.
In 1966, ex-CCP leader Mao Zedong launched the
10-year Cultural Revolution.
The Red Guards, mobilized by Mao, advocated that
“revolution is innocent, rebellion is reasonable."
They traveled across the country to forge factions.
Their vandalism, riots and killing reached to
a crazed extent, and greatly damaged the society.
In February 1967, Chen Yi and other CCP veterans
openly criticized the Cultural Revolution, alluding to Mao.
In October 1969, Chen Yi was sent to Shijiazhuang
labor camp to for ‘Re-education Through Labor’.
In August 1970, Chen Yi became a target
during top-level infighting in the CCP.
Chen later returned to Beijing due to illness,
and died from colorectal cancer in 1972.
About 40 years later, the Cultural Revolution still
painfully affects the mentality and life of many Chinese.
Psychological studies show that the generation of youth
in the Cultural Revolution hated and betrayed their parents,
yet not they have gradually become more like their parents.
Today, the pain and violence is still passed down
between generations of Chinese people.
Some netizens say Chen Xiaolu’s move will certainly set off
a wave of personal apologies for the Cultural Revolution.
Commentator Ren Baiming doubts it.
Ren Baiming: “Since the Cultural Revolution was
completely created by the CCP authoritarian system,
during this process, people acted just like a machine part,
following the machine’s operation.
The machine is driven by the CCP system.
So it isn』t an issue of personal introspection and apology.”
Recently, some pro-Cultural Revolution voices and
practices have surfaced in China.
One netizen says the key to preventing a recurrence of the
Cultural Revolution is having the public know the truth of it.
In fact, we need to know lots of historical truths,
not just those limited to the Cultural Revolution.
Ren Baiming: “We’ve all seen that in the past 14 years,
the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong is similar to
the Cultural Revolution disaster.
It is even more horrifying, with the harvesting of
organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.
It is a top-down and nationwide persecution,
it is a replica of the Cultural Revolution, and it is continuing."
In his apology letter, Chen Xiaolu says
“How to interpret the Cultural Revolution is a personal freedom,
but unconstitutional violations of human rights and inhumane
behavior in any form should not be repeated in China!"
Renbai Ming says truly eradicating the vestiges of harm
brought by the Cultural Revolution can’t be achieved with an apology alone.
Thoroughly disintegrating the CCP
is the real solution to the problem with China’s future.