s ▁reli ance ▁on ▁Ma o ist ▁orth odox y ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁continue ▁a ▁cult ▁of ▁person ality ▁surrounding ▁his ▁own ▁image ▁alongside ▁Ma o ' s , ▁equ ating ▁his ▁presence ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁Ma o , ▁but ▁pin point ing ▁the ▁focus ▁at ▁a ▁nomin ally ▁separate ▁era . ▁To ▁provide ▁for ▁distinct ▁identity , ▁H ua ▁attempted ▁his ▁own ▁change ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁written ▁language ▁by ▁further ▁simpl ifying ▁characters . ▁A ▁small ▁number ▁of ▁these ▁H ua - era ▁simpl ifications ▁continue ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁use ▁inform ally , ▁as ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁formal ▁san ction ▁of ▁their ▁legit im acy ▁after ▁H ua ▁left ▁office . ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁the ▁National ▁Anth em ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁reflect ▁pure ▁commun ist ▁ide ology ▁rather ▁than ▁revolution ary ▁drive , ▁inserting ▁lyr ics ▁exclus ively ▁dealing ▁with ▁Ma o ▁Z ed ong ▁Th ought ▁and ▁building ▁an ▁ideal ▁social ist ▁nation , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁w art ime ▁patri ot ism ▁reflected ▁by ▁the ▁original ▁lyr ics . ▁ ▁H ua ' s ▁un im agin ative ▁policies ▁received ▁relatively ▁little ▁support , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁regarded ▁as ▁an ▁un remark able ▁leader , ▁lack ing ▁political ▁support ▁within ▁the ▁Polit b uro . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁D eng ▁X ia op ing ▁was ▁still ▁living ▁in ▁se clusion ▁because ▁of ▁" polit ical ▁mistakes ," ▁and ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁his ▁return ▁to ▁politics ▁was ▁yet ▁again ▁put ▁on ▁the ▁table . ▁D