To the members of the Shanghai Orchestra, who were executed for playing Beethoven

To Lao She, China's Victor Hugo, who was attacked by Red Guards in his final moments

To Fu Lei, the best Mandarin translator of French works, and his wife Zhu Meifu who chose death over indignity

To Ba Jin, who lost his wife, but was never unfaithful to her for the forty years and more he outlived her

To all of the victims of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which killed many of China's leading cultural lights - may their souls and legacies find peace