Welcome to friendly what are you looking for book quotations from chairman mao tse tung. Quotations from chairman mao tsetung simplified chinese. The most popular versions were printed in small sizes that could be easily carried and were bound in bright red. The source for this work comes both from the 2nd edition of the bilingual english and chinese quotations from chairman mao tsetung and from the marxists internet archive. Mao tsetung, the man who was to become chinas great proletar. China chairman mao declassified mad dog mao zedong mao tse tung. You can read all your books for as long as a month for free and will get the latest books notifications. As you consider and paraphrase each of maos sayings taken from his little red book, reflect on how these beliefs and rules might impact your life.
This became the source for selecting texts used in creating the little red book, and for that reason we include proper bibliographical citations. Published for the first time in 1964, it rapidly became the musthave accessory for red guards and revolutionaries from berkeley to bamako. Communist china originally followed the ways of the u. Mao zedong or mao tsetung was a chinese revolutionary, politician, and author. Maos little red book or quotations from chairman mao tsetung was one of these. Quotations from chairman mao tsetung wikisource, the. Chairman mao zedong quotes some selected quotes from maos little red book. Mao tsetungs controversial little red book will be. As the former propaganda establishment came under heavy attack for having hampered the spread of mao zedong thought, the. The little red book that explained to the people of china the ideology of the chinese communist party. The little red book was the most prominent icon of the cultural revolution. Major events in the life of a revolutionary leader all terms appearing in bold are included in the glossary.
Nathan, columbia university from 1954 until mao zedongs death twentytwo years later, dr. On guerilla warfare 1937, on new democracy 1940, and quotations from chairman mao tse. Few pieces of literature have both the ubiquity and longevity of chairman mao zedongs. He died of parkinsons disease on september 9, 1976. Quotations from chairman mao on being a communist in china. Also romanized as quotations from chairman mao zedong. It is estimated that during those years altogether 5 billion copies of the collected mao sayings were printed, which came in 500 different editions and 50 languages. Quotations from chairman mao and the making of afroasian radicalism.
Pdf the big red world of the little red book quotations. First published in english in 1966 and continuously reprinted ever since. Mao zedongs little red book quotations from chairman mao a compilation of. As chairman of the communist party of china 19431976, chairman of the central peoples government 19491954 and chairman of the peoples republic of. Quotations from chairman mao tsetung the little red book. The 1966 quotations from chairman mao, a book of select sayings from maos speeches, became required reading in china as well as one of the most printed books in history. In organizing their study, units should select passages. The most revealing book ever published on mao, perhaps on any dictator in history. Quotations from chairman mao tsetung quotes by mao zedong.
China chairman mao declassified mad dog mao zedong mao. Mao zedong documentary biography of the life of chairman mao zedong of china duration. Mao zedong is the attributed author of quotations from chairman mao tsetung, known in the west as the little red book and in cultural revolution china as the red treasure book. Five favorite quotes from chairman maos little red book. Mao zedongs little red book as communists we gain control with. These writings did not provide an accurate assessment of chinese society, but they did contribute to the.
I prepared this powerpoint for a seminar marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of quotations from chairman mao tsetung the little red book, aka the maobibel, at the deutsches literaturarchiv, marbach, 11 december. Sources and early printing history of chairman maos quotations by oliver lei han page 2 additional three parts were published over the next nine years. So there was more than one and half a copy of the little red book for. Quotations from chairman mao tsetung is a book of statements from speeches and writings by mao zedong mao tsetung, the former chairman of the communist party of china, published from 1964 to about 1976 and widely distributed during the cultural revolution. Ebook download quotations from chairman mao tsetung chairman mao s little red book get now. Li zhisui was the chinese rulers personal physician, which put him in dailyand increasingly intimatecontact with mao and his inner circle. During chinas great cultural revolution from 1966 to 1976, the famous little red book, officially known as quotations of chairman mao zedong, was a musthave item for the chinese. We have compiled quotations from chairman mao tsetung in order to help the broad masses learn mao tsetungs thought more effectively.
Sources and early printing history of chairman maos. Mao zedongs little red book quotations from chairman mao a compilation of the chinese leaders speeches and writings is one of the most visible and ubiquitous symbols of twentiethcentury radicalism. These documents contains quotes from mao zedong, his thoughts of the chinese revolution and the time that followed it, as well as his thoughts of how society should be governed. The documents is scanned from a small red book, and split up in seven parts, each part containing 25 pages. Toward the second united front january 1935july 1937 maos road to power. Maos little red book center for political education. Mao zedong was born on december 26, 1893 in a small. Click read now pdf download, get it for free, register 100% easily. Although mao became widely revered, his cultural revolution policies led to cataclysmic death and destruction throughout china. Red world of the little red book quotations from chairman mao tsetung. Chairman maos little red book chairman mao zedong mao was the leader of chinas communist party from 1949 until his death in 1976.
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