to be sent to rural China. Princelings lived in similar villages, worked together, and received their educations together. After some years, the Princelings started to return to home (commonly areas like Shanghai or Beijing) however this crucial period of time had already led many Princelings to form lifelong friendships/partnerships.

Following the death of Lin Liguo in a failed coup and the subsequent purges of this group, the term briefly fell out of use until