The first book I read in the army,"Mao Tse-tung's sayings," and I highly recommend everyone to read it.
December 16, 1966 Lin Biao
Comrade Mao was the greatest Marxist-Leninist of our time. In a genius, creative, and all-round way, Comrade Mao has inherited, defended, and developed Marxist-Leninism and raised it to a brand new level.
Mao Tse-tung Thought was the Marxist-Leninism of an era when imperialism was on the verge of total collapse, and when the world was on the verge of victory. Mao Tse-tung Thought is a powerful weapon against imperialism, revisionism and dogmaticism. Mao Tse-tung Thought is the guiding principle for all the work of the Party, the army and the country.
Therefore, it is the most fundamental task of our Party's political and idealistic work to always hold high the great red flag of Maoism, to arm the minds of the people of the whole country with Maoism, and to persist in using Maoism as the leader in all work. The broad masses of workers, peasants and soldiers, the broad masses of revolutionary cadres, and the broad masses of intelligentsia must truly master Mao Tse-tung Thought, so that everyone reads Chairman Mao's books, heeds his words, acts according to his instructions, and becomes a good fighter for him.
To study Chairman Mao's works, one must study with questions, learn and apply, combine learning and application, learn first when needed, and achieve immediate results. One must work hard on the word "application." In order to truly master Mao Tse-tung Thought, one must repeatedly study many of Chairman Mao's basic views. It is best to memorize certain aphorisms, study them repeatedly, and apply them repeatedly. In the newspaper, we should often publish Chairman Mao's sayings in light of reality for everyone to learn and use. Over the past few years, the broad masses of people have learned from Chairman Mao's works and made full use of their experience. It has proved that choosing to study Chairman Mao's sayings with questions in mind is a good way to learn Mao's thought, and it is easy to achieve immediate results.
In order to help the masses better study Mao Tse-tung Thought, we have compiled this book,"Words from Chairman Mao." When organizing the study, each unit should select relevant content according to the situation, tasks, and the thinking and work of the masses.
In our great motherland, a new era is emerging in which the workers, peasants and soldiers have mastered the principles of Marxist-Leninism and Mao Tse-tung Thought. Once Mao Tse-tung's thoughts were mastered by the masses, they would become an inexhaustible force, an incomparably powerful mental atomic bomb. The large-scale publication of the book was an extremely important measure for the masses to grasp Mao Tse-tung Thought and to promote the revolutionary thinking of our people. I hope that every comrade will study hard and earnestly, and set off a new high tide of learning and applying Chairman Mao's works on a national scale. Under the great red flag of Mao Tse-tung's thought, we will strive to build our country into a great and great country with modern agriculture, modern industry, modern science and culture, and modern national defense!
1. The Chinese People's Party
The core force leading our cause is the Chinese Party.
The theoretical basis guiding our thinking is Marxist-Leninism.
"Opening Speech at the First Meeting of the First National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China"(September 15, 1954), People's Daily, September 16, 1954.
If we want a revolution, we must have a revolutionary party. Without a revolutionary party, without a revolutionary party established according to the revolutionary theory and style of Marxist-Leninism, it is impossible to lead the working class and the broad masses of the people to defeat the imperialists and their lackeys.
"All the Revolutionary Forces of the World Unite to Fight Imperialist Invaders"(November 1948), Collected Works of Mao Tse-tung, Vol. 4, p. 1360.
Without the efforts of the Chinese Party, without the Chinese Party members as the mainstay of the Chinese people, China's independence and liberation would have been impossible, and China's industrialization and agricultural modernisation would have been impossible.
"On Coalition Government"(April 24, 1945), Vol. III, pp.1098 - 1099.
The Chinese Party is the core of leadership for the entire Chinese people. Without such a core, the cause of building a country cannot succeed.
"Speech at the Meeting with All the Representatives Attending the Third National Congress of the New Revolutionary Youth League of China"(May 25, 1957), Xinhua Semi-monthly, No. 12, 1957, p. 57.
A disciplined party, armed with Marxist-Leninist theories, adopting the method of self-criticism and maintaining contact with the masses. An army led by such a party. A united front of all revolutionary classes and factions led by such a party. These three are our main weapons to defeat the enemy.
"On the People's Revolutionary Dictatorship"(June 30, 1949), Vol. IV, p. 1484.
We should have faith in the masses and we should have faith in the Party. These are two fundamental principles. If one doubted these two principles, then nothing could be done.
"On the Problem of Agricultural Co-operation"(July 31, 1955), People's Press, p. 9.
Armed with the theory of Marxist-Leninism, the Chinese Party has created a new style of work among the Chinese people. This is mainly a style of work that combines theory with practice, a style of work that closely links with the masses, and a style of self-criticism.
"On Coalition Government"(April 24, 1945), Vol. III, Collected Works of Mao Tse-tung, pages 1094 - 1095.
It was impossible for a political party to lead a great revolutionary movement to victory without revolutionary theory, historical knowledge, and a deep understanding of the actual movement.
"The Position of the Chinese Party in the National War"(October 1938), Collected Works of Mao Tse-tung, Vol. II, p. 521.
As we have said before, the Rectification Movement is a "general movement of education in Marxists". Rectification means that the whole party learns about the theory of Confucianism through criticism and self-criticism. In the midst of the movement, we will certainly be able to learn a little more about the principles of Confucianism.
"Speech at the National Conference on the Promotion of the Chinese People's Liberation Army"(March 12, 1957), People's Press, p. 11.
It is a very difficult task to make the lives of the hundreds of millions of Chinese people better, to build our country, which is backward in economy and culture, into a rich, powerful and highly cultured country. The reason why we want to carry out the Rectification Movement, now and in the future, and constantly get rid of the wrong things in our bodies, is so that we can better shoulder this task and work together with all the people outside the Party who are determined to reform.
"Speech at the National Conference on the Promotion of the Chinese People's Liberation Army"(March 12, 1957), People's Press, p. 12.
The policy is the starting point of all the practical actions of the revolutionary party, and it is manifested in the process and end-result of the action. Any action of a revolutionary party is a policy. If they did not implement the right policy, they would implement the wrong policy. They were either consciously or blindly implementing certain policies. The so-called experience was the process and end-result of implementing policies. The policy must be put into practice by the people, which is to say, through experience, to prove whether it is correct or not. Only then can the degree of its accuracy and error be determined. However, people's practice, especially the practice of revolutionary parties and the revolutionary masses, is always linked to one policy or another. Therefore, before every action, we must explain to the Party members and the masses our policy according to the circumstances. Otherwise, the Party members and the masses will break away from the leadership of our policies and act blindly, carrying out the wrong policies.
"On Industrial and Commercial Policy"(February 27, 1948), Collected Works, Vol. IV, p. 1284.
Our Party has laid down the general line and general policy of the Chinese revolution, as well as the specific lines of work and specific policies. However, many comrades tend to remember our Party's specific lines and policies for work and forget our Party's general lines and policies. But if we really forget our Party's general line and general policy, we will be blind, incomplete, and muddle-headed revolutions. When we carry out the specific work line and specific policies, we will lose our direction, waver, and hinder our work.
"Speech at the Shansi-Suiyuan Cadre Conference"(April 1, 1948), Vol. 4, p. 1314.
The policies and tactics are the lifeblood of the Party. Leading comrades at all levels must pay full attention to them and must not be careless.
"Report on the Situation"(March 20, 1948), Collected Works of Mao Tse-tung, Vol. IV, p. 1296.
Class and Class Struggle
Class struggle, some classes won, some classes were eliminated. This was history. This was the history of civilization that had lasted for thousands of years. Using this point of view to explain history is called historical realism, and the opposite of this point of view is historical realism.
"Throw away your illusions and prepare for struggle"(August 14, 1949), Collected Works of Mao Tse-tung, Vol. IV, p. 1491.
In a class society, everyone lived in a certain class status, and all kinds of thoughts were branded with the class.
On Practice (July 1937), Collected Works of Mao Tse-tung, Vol. I, p. 272.
Changes in society are mainly due to the development of contradictions within society, namely, contradictions between productive forces and relations of production, contradictions between classes, contradictions between the old and the new. The development of these contradictions drives the progress of society and the metabolism of the old and the new.
"On contradictions"(August 1937), Collected Works of Mao Tse-tung, Vol. I, p. 290.
The landlord class's cruel economic exploitation and political oppression of the peasants forced the peasants to hold many uprisings to resist the landlord class's rule.……In China's feudal society, only class struggles, uprisings, and wars of the peasants were the real driving force for the development of history.
"The Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Party"(December 1939), Collected Works of Mao Tse-tung, Vol. II, p. 619.
In the end, the national struggle was a matter of class struggle. In the United States, it was only the white people who oppressed the black people. They could never represent the workers, peasants, revolutionary intelligentsia, and other enlightened people who made up the overwhelming majority of the white people.
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The people depend on us to organize. The Chinese rebels rely on us to organize the people to fight against them and overthrow them. As long as you don't fight against anything that is revolutionary, it won't fall. This was the same as sweeping the floor. As usual, the dust would not run away unless the broom was there.
"The Situation After Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan and Our Guiding Principles"(August 13, 1945), Collected Works, Vol. IV, p. 1131.
Enemies would not be destroyed by themselves. Whether it was the Chinese rebels or the aggressive forces of the US imperialists in China, they would not withdraw from the stage of history.
"Carry the Revolution Through to the End"(December 30, 1948), Collected Works of Mao Tse-tung, Vol. IV, p. 1379.
A revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, not a painting or embroidery. It cannot be so elegant, so calm, so gentle, so gentle, kind, respectful, thrifty and modest. A revolution was a riot, a violent action by which one class overthrew another.
"An Investigation Report on the Peasant Movement in Hunan"(March 1927), Vol. I, p. 18.
To the people, Jiang Jieshi would seize every bit of power and profit. What about us? Our policy is to fight for every inch of land. We are doing things according to the methods of Jiang Jieshi. Jiang Jieshi always forced the people to accept war. He held a knife in his left hand and a knife in his right hand. We will follow his method and pick up our sabers.……Now, Jiang Kai-shek is already sharpening his knife, so we must sharpen our knife as well.
"The Situation After Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan and Our Guiding Principles"(August 13, 1945), Collected Works, Vol. IV, p. 1126 - 1127.
Who is our enemy? Who are our friends? This is the most important problem of the revolution. The fundamental reason why all the revolutionary struggles in China in the past had little effect was that they could not unite true friends to attack true enemies. The revolutionary party is the guide of the masses. In a revolution, there has never been a revolution that did not fail when the revolutionary party led the wrong way. If we want to ensure that our revolution will succeed without taking the wrong path, we must pay attention to uniting our true friends in order to attack our true enemies. If we want to distinguish between friend and foe, we have to make a general analysis of the economic status of the various classes in Chinese society and their attitudes toward the revolution.
"An Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society"(March 1926), Collected Works of Mao Tse-tung, Vol. I, p. 3.
All the warlords, bureaucrats, comprador class, big landlord class, and the part of the revolutionary intelligentsia affiliated with them who collude with the imperialists are our enemies. The industrial class is the leading force of our revolution. All the semi-proles and the petty capitalists are our closest friends. The right wing of that wavering middle class may be our enemy, the left may be our friend-but we must always be on our guard against them and not let them disturb our front.
"An Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society"(March 1926), Vol. I, p. 9.
Whoever stands on the side of the revolutionary people is a revolutionary, and whoever stands on the side of imperialism, feudalism, bureaucratism, and capitalists is a counter-revolutionary. What kind of person only stands on the revolutionary people's side in words and acts differently? He is a revolutionary in words, and if he stands on the revolutionary people's side not only in words but also in deeds, he is a complete revolutionary.
Closing Speech at the Second Meeting of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Conference (June 23, 1950), June 24, 1950-People's Daily
I think that for us, if a person, a party, an army, or a school is not opposed by the enemy, it will be bad. If the enemy objected, that would be good. That would prove that we had drawn a clear line with the enemy. It would be even better if the enemy were to oppose us energetically and say that we were a mess and useless. That would prove that we had not only drawn a clear line with the enemy, but also that our work had been very successful.
Opposition by the Enemy Is a Good Thing, Not a Bad Thing (May 26, 1939), People's Press, p. 2.
We must support whatever the enemy objects to. Whatever the enemy supports, we must oppose.
"A Talk with Reporters from the Central News Agency, the Moping Up Daily, and the Hsin Min Pao"(September 16, 1939), Collected Works of Mao Tse-tung, Vol. II, p. 580.
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"The Words of Chairman Mao"(also known as "The Words of Mao Tse Dong", or "The Words of Mao Tse Dong" for short) was an extract of Mao Tse Dong's writings.
Because the most popular version was wrapped in a red cover and was the classic speech of the Red Leader, it was commonly called the "Little Red Book" by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. It was edited and published in the early 1960s, with a circulation of 5 billion copies, ranking second in the world. The book was also known as the "Mao Tse-tung's" or "The Little Red Book" and was published on May 1, 1964.
After the Lushan Conference in 1959, Lin Biao replaced Peng Dehuai to preside over the work of the Central Military Committee. He believed that "Mao Ze Dong Thought is the peak of contemporary Marxist-Leninism" and advocated that studying Mao Ze Dong's works was a "shortcut" to study Marxist-Leninism. He introduced the learning method of "learning with problems, learning and applying flexibly, combining learning and applying, learning first for urgent use, immediate effect, and working hard on the word" application ". Under Lin Biao's suggestion and the leadership of the army, the whole country quickly set off a craze of "learning and applying Mao's thought".
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