May 7th

English Etymology Named after Mao Zedong's directive of 7th May 1966 calling upon all people to study industry, agriculture and military affairs. Noun - Used attributively to designate various institutions in the People's Republic of China which combine education with manual labour with a view to helping people understand life as a peasant. from 20th c. en 1977 w:John Le Carré The Honourable Schoolboy 239 Folio Society 2010 This was the first leg of his labours. The second began with the names of such Shanghainese officials who, in consequence of criminal pro-Russian leanings, had been officially purged, humiliated or sent to a May 7th school to rediscover the virtues of peasant labour. en 1996 Zongli Tang; Bing Zuo Maoism and Chinese Culture 399 The difference was that the May 7th Instruction excluded commerce from "the big school" that only included industry, agriculture, army, and education.