Why didn't Qian Zhongshu be labeled as a rightist?

Qian Zhongshu's silence really played a great role in the big environment at that time. After liberation, his wisest point was that he saw many things in his eyes and thought about them in his heart. He never said or wrote, because he knew that "disaster comes from his mouth." This has changed a lot compared with before liberation. Wu Zhaoxue thinks: "Talking about politics is not Qian Zhongshu's style. Because of Mr. Qian's extreme awareness of social politics and profound insight into the world, no matter whether he attends the meeting or not, the conversation will not directly involve politics. Even in academic discussions, once politics is involved, Mr. Qian will keep his mouth shut and never speak. For many years, he remained silent, did not sing hymns or make Goethe-style remarks, but he was also cautious and never rashly expressed his views on politics.

According to Qian Zhongshu's own analysis, he can easily escape the customs, mainly because he is not party member, never caused a sensation, scolded anyone, praised anyone, so there is no "bad record" to catch.

Besides being cautious in words and deeds, a very important reason is that Qian Zhongshu's status as a translator of Mao Xuan and a translator of foreign affairs puts him under an umbrella. Before 1957, Mao Xuan's experience in translation and foreign affairs translation made it widely rumored that he was Mao Zedong's English secretary. Qian Zhongshu once told Xia Zhiqing with a wry smile that he was not born in party member, so how could he be qualified to be Mao's secretary? Overseas, there are rumors that he served as Mao's secretary. According to Zhou Enlai's secretary, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Hu Qiaomu and other high-level central officials have accepted Qian Zhongshu as diplomatic advisers. Some people say that Qian Zhongshu's translation of Mao Xuan "has obvious and brilliant political significance". "No matter whether Qian and Yang subjectively have a tendency not to ask about politics or even intentionally alienate politics, they are detached, but this incident has actually brought them into a higher level of political field."

Not only that, Er Qiao (Hu Qiaomu and Qiao Huaguan) are all his classmates at the top. "Some people in North Korea are easy to handle affairs. "Although Qian Zhongshu didn't flatter them, who dares to ask for it easily?

From the beginning to the end of "anti-Rightism", Qian Zhongshu witnessed the ugly behavior of exposing and even slandering each other among intellectuals, and saw clearly the vigilance and indifference between people. However, he has a very clear attitude towards those who have been hurt and persecuted by the anti-Rightists, and he has a clear view of right and wrong and has never lost his sincerity.