For emancipating the mind, Mao Zedong stood by Da-ming, Da-fang, Da-bian-lun and Da-zi-bao, but Deng Xiaoping stood by democracy and legal system.

• 邓小平主张通过民主和法制的形式，达到解放思想；毛泽东强调解放思想，全国出现了短暂的但对经济发展具有很大破坏性的“大跃进”运动。