He continued to write trenchant criticisms of the regime, and conduct polemics against Mao's former secretary Hu Qiaomu (1912-1993), a doctrinaire Marxist who had been behind his expulsion from the Party.
He maintained a consistent stream of caustic comments regarding the government, and clashed with Mao's former secretary Hu Qiaomu (1912-1993), a dogmatic Marxist who had been instrumental in his ouster from the Party.