Wei Zidan (pen name of Wei Liyan), was born in Anyang County, Henan Province in 1933. In 1951, he started to work as a middle school math teacher in Anyang. In 1957, Wei was labeled an Extreme Rightist and dismissed from public service, and was exiled for re-education through labor in Henan Province from 1958 to 1962. In 1978, Wei was rehabilitated and resumed teaching, retiring in 1993. He later moved to the United States. Wei Zidan is the author of *Revisiting 1957*, a record of and reflection on the 1957 Anti-Rightist Campaign.
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