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<\/a>“The invincible thoughts of Mao Zedong illuminate the stages of revolutionary art!”<\/p><\/div>\n
The topics covered throughout the book are varied; they range from “Socialism and Communism,” to “War and Peace,” to “Revolutionary Heroism,” and many more. Here are some of the more famous quotes from the book:<\/p>\n
\u201cPolitical power grows out of the barrel of the gun…\u201d<\/h3>\n\u201cTo rebel is justified.\u201d<\/h3>\n\u201cA revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.\u201d<\/h3>\n\u201cTo read too many books is harmful.\u201d<\/h3>\n\u201cWar can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.\u201d<\/h3>\n\u201cDon’t give a child a fish but show him how to fish.\u201d<\/h3>\n\u201cIf the U.S. monopoly capitalist groups persist in pushing their policies of aggression and war, the day is bound to come when they will be hanged by the people of the whole world. The same fate awaits the accomplices of the United States.\u201d<\/h3>\n\u201cFirstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.\u201d<\/h3>\n\u201cPolitics is war without blood, while war is politics with blood.”<\/h3>\n\u201cEverything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.\u201d<\/h3>\n
These days, you won’t see Chinese youths waving their copy of the book. In fact, today’s Chinese college students are more likely to be seen starring at their iPad than at quotations from Chairman Mao. In my nearly five years of living in China, the only places I’ve seen the little red book are souvenir markets aimed at foreign tourists. Although modern Chinese people may not study Mao’s words so diligently as they once did during the Cultural Revolution, his presence is still everywhere you look – on the gate above Tiananmen, on those classic propaganda posters, and on every banknote in the country (0ther than the useless small change). Love him or hate him, you have to admit that Mao was and still is an important figure in not only Chinese history, but world history. In our last post on the Chairman, we’ll talk about his final years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/01\/maosbook-350x236.jpg\")
We’ve talked a lot about Chairman Mao over the past few months, from his birth all the way up to the Cultural Revolution. Here are the links just in case you’ve missed any of it: Birth to the PRC: Get the bullet points on Mao, from his birth to the birth of a new China…<\/p>\n
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