Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Mumazuva okutanga eCultural Revolution, Politburo Standing Committee yakarega kushanda zvakajairika, sezvo nhengo dzayo dzakawanda dzakakosha, dzakadai saLiu Shaoqi naDeng Xiaoping, dzakanga dzisingafarirwi naMao. Simba chairo rakanga rakaiswa muCultural Revolution Group, iyo yakanga ichitaura kuPolitburo Standing Committee asi chaizvoizvo yakanga iri "nzvimbo yechiremera" yakaparadzana iyo yaiita zvikurukuru pachayo. Pa9th National Congress yeChinese Communist Party
, vatsigiri vakanyanyisa vaMao, Chen Boda, naKang Sheng, vakawana zvigaro muPolitburo Standing Committee, uye yakatangazve kushanda zvakajairika. Makore okupedzisira eCultural Revolution akanga achitongwa nenyongano yomukati. Pakati pa1975 na1976, mitezo yePSC Kang Sheng, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, uye Mao vose vakafa. Deng Xiaoping akacheneswa. Mukati menguva iyi mutumbi wakarasikirwa nechimiro chipi nechipi chokushanda kwegadziriro yemitemo kana kuti mutumbi wokutonga, uye wakasangana bedzi pahwaro hwe ad hoc. Pakafa Mao muna September 1976, nhengo bedzi dzakanga dzichiri kupinda misangano dzaiva Hua Guofeng, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, naYe Jianying, naZhang naWang vari nhengo dzeBato reVane. Musi wa6 October, Hua Guofeng akashevedza musangano wePSC kuti ataure nezvenhaka yaMao uye urongwa hwekuyeuka, achikoka nhengo dzePSC dzinoshanda kuti dzipinde. Wang naZhang vose vakasungwa pamusangano uye vakapomerwa "mhosva dzokupandukira". Pashure pacho, Ye naHua bedzi vakapfuurira nemabasa avo epamutemo. PSC inoshanda haina kudzorerwa kusvikira muna 1977.