Why are teachers called Laojiu?

It is a synonym for intellectuals during the Cultural Revolution

Because in the Cultural Revolution, class struggle was the program, and the objects of the struggle were the landlords, the rich, the anti-government, the bad, the right, the traitors, the spies, the capitalists, and also the intellectuals. Intellectuals ranked ninth in the struggle and the object of transformation, the first is the landlords, the second is the rich peasants, the status of the old nine is so lowly and lowly, so in front of the old nine is often crowned with the word "stink", called "stinky old nine".

The concept of "stinky Laojiu" originated in the Mongol Yuan, and this term was first seen in the Qing Jiaqing period, but it was not widely circulated.

In the mid-1960s, with the winds of the Cultural Revolution, the name "stinky Laojiu" spread far and wide. The name "stinky old nine" spread far and wide. Rebels around the country, a large number of intellectuals were criticized labor reform, and some even lost their lives. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, most of the "stinky old nine" to restore the reputation, re-entered a new post, to contribute to the motherland.

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