As an outspoken critic in a culture where even spoken criticism is rare, he often felt isolated in his cultural crusade.

在一个缺乏批评风气的社会里，作为一个敢言的评论家，使他有一种孤立的感觉。

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There were two purposes of this crusade: the first was to change the backward social and cultural conditions and eliminate the great amount of illiterates in the border area.

开展冬学运动的目的有两个：首先是为了改变边区落后的社会文化状况，扫除大量文盲；

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