Mao Zedong's Cultural Personality

Author: Deng Liqun
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Publishing Date: 2004-01-01
Features: To commemorate the 110th anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong's birth, the "Great Leaders Mao Zedong Series" published by the Central University of Nationalities was reviewed by the Central Research Office and approved for publication by the State Administration of Press and Publication. He is a great proletarian revolutionary and statesman, a great strategist and military commander, a great thinker and poet, a great national hero, and the embodiment of the spirit of the Chinese nation. He is the most influential figure in the history of China in the 20th century and even in the history of the world. He is Mao Zedong! This book has been published for nearly ten years and is my first monograph on Mao Zedong research. At that time, the author had only been engaged in Mao Zedong research for about four years and had to start with the field he was familiar with before—cultural personality—to analyze Mao Zedong. Perhaps, precisely because of this special angle, combined with the freshness and distinctive discussion style carried by the early stages of Mao Zedong research, the book attracted the attention of many readers and some friends in academia after its publication. Therefore, although if one were to rewrite this topic today, the understanding would be deeper and the materials more abundant and well-organized, it seems there has been no regret for being an "early work." On the contrary, there is instead a special sense of appreciation.