If the copying out is just about moving the pen . . .

[Randy W]

Write after me: China’s Communist Party members ‘must put hearts’ into transcribing full 15,000-character constitution

Despite ridicule, PLA Daily demands sincere effort when copying out charter by hand

 

 

The PLA Daily warned: “If the copying out is just about moving the pen and is not done wholeheartedly … if it fails to touch the thoughts and the soul, the well-intended campaign will lose its meaning and be reduced to a form of delicate formalism.

“The purpose of transcribing is to study and to be awakened, to remind yourself of your original intention [of joining the party] by engaging full-heartedly.”