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毛泽东 Mao Zedong

毛泽东 • Mao (1893年 12月26日－1976年 9月9日)was one of the founders of the Communist Party of China, long term leader of the party and the country, and one of the most important people in the world; • Mao claimed himself to be a Marxist; he was also influence by the Russian Revolution; • Chinese people’s attitudes toward Mao are very different. When he was alive, so many people considered him to be a God-like figure and it developed into a personal cult. There are still many people who love him today.

毛泽东 • Led the Communist Party through the anti-Japanese war and the civil war and founded the People’s Republic of China; • Launched the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution which led to the collapse of the economy and deaths of millions of people; • The current Communist Party of China admits he made horrible mistakes, but insists his contribution to this country is bigger than his mistakes; • Encouraged people to have more children so the population of China jumped from • For most of the time he hated highly educated people and forced a lot of them to leave their homes and work in rural areas. He called it “to be re-educated by peasants and workers”; many of them were killed or forced to commit a suicide;

Mao and the World • Mao tried to fight with capitalistic western counties and help developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Although China was extremely poor itself, Mao gave those countries $20, 000, 000 in his life.

毛泽东的家庭 • 毛泽东有四个妻子, 六个儿子和四个 女儿. Most of them died at very young age. The death of his oldest son was a big blow to him. • Jiang Qing, his last wife, was the head of the “Gang of Four” and very notorious in the history.

Mao was also a poet and calligrapher…

A Poem By Mao Snow North country scene: A hundred leagues locked in ice, A thousand leagues of whirling snow. Both side of the Great Wall One single white immensity. The Yellow River's swift current Is stilled from end to end. The mountains dance silver snakes And the highland charge like wax-hued elephants. Vying with heaven in stature. On a fine day, the land, Clad in white, adorned in red, Crows more enchanting. This land so rich in beauty Has made countless heroes bow in homage. But alas! Qin Shihuang and Han Wudi Were lacking in literary grace, And Tang Taizong and Song Taizu Had little poetry in their souls; That proud son of Heaven, Genghis Khan, Knew only shooting eagles, bow outstretched. All are past and gone! For truly great men Look to this age alone.

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