▁ext inct . ▁People ▁are ▁acc ustom ed ▁to ▁self - dis reg ard , ▁self - vi ol ence , ▁self - ab andon ment . ▁Everything ▁is ▁copied ▁from ▁the ▁outside , ▁with ▁little ▁self - est ab lish ment . ▁Hence ▁the ▁New ▁Tre at ise ▁must ▁be ▁written . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Tre at ise ▁was ▁written ▁in ▁Class ical ▁Chinese , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁X ion g ▁published ▁a ▁Col lo qu ial ▁Chinese ▁version ▁which ▁was ▁in ▁actual ity ▁a ▁complete ▁re writing ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁work . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 8 – 5 9 ▁X ion g ▁published ▁On ▁Original ▁Re ality ▁and ▁Function ▁and ▁Ill umin ating ▁the ▁Mind . ▁ ▁T ogether , ▁these ▁two ▁books ▁form ▁a ▁re vised ▁account ▁of ▁his ▁New ▁Tre at ise . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁the ▁People ’ s ▁Republic ▁of ▁China , ▁X ion g ▁stayed ▁on ▁the ▁main land ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁lecture ▁at ▁P ek ing ▁University . ▁While ▁he ▁wasn ’ t ▁required ▁to ▁critic ize ▁his ▁earlier ▁thinking ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁Marx ism , ▁and ▁he ▁even ▁received ▁government ▁fund ing ▁in ▁publishing ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁writ ings ▁after ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁he ▁was ▁still ▁subject ed ▁to ▁physical ▁ab use ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁Cultural ▁Revolution . ▁After ▁seeing ▁Conf u cian ism ▁suffer ▁another ▁cultural ▁and ▁political ▁blow , ▁he ▁died ▁at ▁the ▁age