Thus when the Peking Opera "Hai Rui Ba Guan" (" Hai Rui is Removed From Office ") was criticized as being a plea on behalf of the disgraced Peng Dehuai, it lit the fuse which set off the Cultural Revolution.
這就是「文革」以批判京劇《海瑞罷官》（為彭德懷申冤）為導火線的來由。