The text reads "What is the 'three directives as the outline'? Stability and unity are not about avoiding class struggle, class struggle is the key, and the rest are goals" (什么“三项为纲”，安定团结不是不要阶级斗争，阶级斗争是纲，其余都是目).

On 4 July 1975, Deng Xiaoping put forward the "three directives as the outline", putting economic development in the first strategic position, and trying to bring the country's political and economic life back to the normal track. However, this approach caused Mao Zedong's dissatisfaction.