Mao Zedong's Reading Life (Revised Edition)

Author: Gong Yuzhi/Shi Xiaoguang
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: Mao Zedong was not only a great revolutionary but also an erudite scholar. Whether in the war environment with bullets flying or after moving into Zhongnanhai, his relentless pursuit of reading accompanied him throughout his life and was closely linked to the various ups and downs he experienced.
A Book-Loving Revolutionary — Mao Zedong's Reading Life as I Saw It / Pang Xianzhi
Mao Zedong was a great revolutionary and also a highly learned scholar. His tireless pursuit of reading accompanied him throughout his life and was closely tied to his revolutionary career. From winter 1950 to summer 1966, I served as his librarian for nearly seventeen years, directly and indirectly gaining insights into some aspects of Mao Zedong's reading life. Although these observations are fragmented and piecemeal, sharing them is valuable for understanding and learning from Mao Zedong, as well as meaningful for the development of today's material and spiritual civilizations.
Passionately Book-Loving, Broadly