Discussions on Different Versions of Mao Zedong's Poems

Author: Chen Anji
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book is a specialized monograph on the versions of Mao Zedong's poems in China. The entire book consists of 50 articles divided into five sections. The first section examines the various versions of 7 poems by Mao Zedong published before January 1957; the second section reviews the main versions of 39 poems by Mao Zedong published between 1957 and 1976, which were personally approved by him; the third section evaluates two important collections of Mao Zedong's poems published after his death, investigating the versions of poems not personally approved by him; the fourth section introduces the handwritten versions of Mao Zedong's poems and the foreign-language versions of his poems published in China, discussing the significance of researching the versions of Mao Zedong's poems; the fifth section consists of articles written by the author using the relevant materials collected during the research process. The book contains over 200 images of version materials, many of which are rarely known. This book offers a novel perspective, is rich in historical materials, and is written in fluent prose, making it highly engaging to read. Chen Jin, a researcher and deputy director of the Compilation and Research Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, praised the book as "a new expansion of the research space for Mao Zedong's poems."