Repression and Death During The Cultural Revolution
Despite Liang's contribution to designing national emblem of the People's Republic of China and helping with the reconstruction of Beijing, his theory of architecture, which emphasized the greatness of Chinese building tradition, was severely criticized by the Communist Party. In 1956 Liang was forced to self-criticize and admit that he had made mistakes. (Chou p. 283)
During the Cultural Revolution, Liang Sicheng was condemned as "an authority of counter-revolutionary scholarship" and suffered severe persecution. He died in Beijing in 1972, three years before the Cultural Revolution ended. He was subsequently rehabilitated posthumously.
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