▁the ▁party ▁and ▁especially ▁the ▁military ▁stated ▁that ▁" art ▁and ▁literature ▁must ▁serve ▁politics ", ▁while ▁moder ates ▁were ▁willing ▁to ▁toler ate ▁ap olit ical ▁material . ▁Non eth eless , ▁writers ▁and ▁artists ▁were ▁still ▁told ▁that ▁their ▁primary ▁job ▁was ▁to ▁" ed uc ate ▁the ▁people ▁to ▁believe ▁in ▁social ism ". ▁As ▁such , ▁the ▁party ▁took ▁a ▁stand ▁against ▁certain ▁Western ▁ideas ▁and ▁philosoph ies , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁abstract ▁theories ▁of ▁human ▁nature . ▁High ly ▁personal ▁poetry ▁and ▁discuss ions ▁of ▁the ▁sub cons cious ▁were ▁viewed ▁as ▁representing ▁an ▁" un he alth y " ▁t endency . ▁Official s ▁also ▁took ▁a ▁stand ▁against ▁por n ography , ▁which ▁was ▁being ▁imported ▁from ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁in ▁large ▁quantities . ▁This ▁was ▁coming ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁when ▁many ▁young ▁people ▁were ▁ske pt ical ▁of ▁the ▁party ' s ▁leadership ▁and ▁increasing ly ▁question ing ▁whether ▁it ▁was ▁really ▁possible ▁to ▁achieve ▁social ism ▁or ▁if ▁doing ▁so ▁was ▁des irable . ▁Non eth eless , ▁the ▁authorities ▁toler ated ▁Z ha o ▁Cu an ' s ▁play ▁Marx ▁In ▁London ▁which ▁was ▁compatible ▁with ▁official ▁view points ▁in ▁that ▁it ▁presented ▁the ▁commun ist ▁found ing ▁father ▁as ▁a ▁mort al ▁man ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁a ▁different ▁age ▁and ▁whose ▁theories ▁could ▁not ▁provide ▁the ▁answers ▁for ▁all ▁of ▁China ' s ▁present - day ▁problems . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁the ▁writer ▁Li u ▁B iny an , ▁who ▁had