Mao Zedong Military Commander
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: China
- Born: Dec 26, 1893
- Died: Sep 9, 1976
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. His Marxist-Leninist theories, military strategies and political policies are collectively known as Marxism-Leninism-Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought.
Born the son of a wealthy farmer in Shaoshan, Hunan, Mao adopted a Chinese nationalist and anti-imperialist outlook in early life, particularly influenced by the events of the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 and May Fourth Movement of 1919. Mao converted to Marxism-Leninism while working at Peking University and became a founding member of the Communist Party of China, leading the Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927. During the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and the CPC, Mao helped to found the Red Army, led the Jiangxi Soviet's radical land policies and ultimately became head of the CPC during the Long March.
Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.
nature
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
power
Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole.
equality & society
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
politics & war
Women hold up half the sky.
women
War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
war
Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
history
Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.
history
The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.
being alone & history
Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.
politics & war
Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one it is man and not materials that counts.
war
The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.
friendship