Interview with Tan Shunying

Tan Shunying (b. 1937) is a resident of Changxing Village, Gaolong Town, Chaling County, Hunan Province. She married a man in Changxing Village in 1956. In this interview, Tan recalls how she was forced to go to Sandu (location name) to carry iron pipes, and how starving people from nearby You County came to sell clothes and children in 1958. At that time Tan’s father-in-law worked as a leader at another place, and he distributed grains to the local villagers secretly. Tan also talks about how her in-laws were criticized and how several villagers died because of the brutal treatment in struggle sessions during the Cultural Revolution.

谭顺英（1937年生）是湖南省茶陵县高陇镇长兴村村民。1956年谭老人嫁到该村。在这段口述中，谭老人讲述了1958年被迫到三度（地名）担铁管，以及附近攸县的饥民担着衣服和孩子来卖的情况。当时老人的公公在外地当干部，把粮食偷偷分给社员吃。另外，谭老人还回忆了文革时期自己的公公婆婆被批斗、以及村里有几个人被批斗致死的情况。

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