1959年至1961年,俗称闹灾荒年代;而1967年至1979年则是闹书荒的年代。1969年这一年,知识青年上山下乡运动进入高潮,大批文化人、出版人也被下放到“五七干校”洗脑,出版机构大量撤销。在这以后的10年里,几乎一切图书都被禁绝,只有个别领袖著作除外。绝大多数中外名著不能出、不能卖、不能读,“十七年文学”(1949至1966)的绝大部分作品都被打成“毒草”。像《刘志丹》、《保卫延安》、 From 1959 to 1961, commonly known as disaster-relief era; and 1967 to 1979 is the era of poor education. This year 1969, the intellectual youth went to the countryside to the climax movement, a large number of cultural people, publishers have also been delegated to “57” cadres brainwashing, a large number of publishing agencies to withdraw. Almost all books were banned in the next 10 years, except for individual leaders. Most Chinese and foreign celebrities can not go out, can not sell, can not read. Most of the works of “Seventeen Years of Literature” (1949-1966) have been labeled “poisonous grass.” Like “Liu Zhidan”, “defend Yan’an”