Mao Zedong

Chairman Mao Zedong 毛泽东（máo zé dōng）
Portrait of comrade Mao
Born	(1893-12-26)December 26, 1893 Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing dynasty
Died	September 9, 1976(1976-09-09) (aged 82) Beijing, People's Republic of China
Cause of death	Heart attack associated with old age
Nationality	Chinese
Political orientation	Marxism-Leninism

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Mao Zedong (December 26th, 1893 — September 9th, 1976) was a Chinese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary who lead the Chinese people to their proletarian revolution and served as the supreme leader of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1976.

Comrade Mao's contributions to the development of Marxism-Leninism, military theory, and the theory of communist party organization are known in China as Mao Zedong Thought. Mao Zedong was also a poet and calligrapher.

Early life

Mao began studying Marxism in 1919 when it spread to his hometown of Hunan. In 1921, he left for Shanghai to attend the First National Congress of the CPC.

Library works

The following are works by Mao in ProleWiki's own Library.

Library works by Mao Zedong

'Friendship' or Aggression?

A Circular on the Situation

Analysis of the classes in Chinese society

Carry the Revolution Through to the End

Cast Away Illusions, Prepare for Struggle

Closing speech at the Second Session of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Combat liberalism

Farewell, Leighton Stuart!

Interview with Three Correspondents from the Central News Agency, the Sao Tang Pao and the Hsin Min Pao

The Destiny of Two Chinas

On Coalition Government

On contradiction

On guerrilla warfare

On Khrushchov’s Phony Communism and Its Historical Lessons for the World

On New Democracy

On practice

On protracted war

On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People

On the People's Democratic Dictatorship

On the Policy Concerning Industry and Commerce

On the Question of Agricultural Co-operation

The Three Main Rules of Discipline and the Eight Points for Attention

Oppose Book Worship

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan

Revolutionary Forces of the World Unite, Fight Against Imperialist Aggression!

Some Questions Concerning Methods of Leadership

Speech at a Conference of Cadres in the Shansi-Suiyuan Liberated Area

Speech at the Chinese Communist Party's National Conference on Propaganda Work

Statement supporting the American Negroes in their just struggle against racial discrimination by U.S. Imperialism

Strive to Build a Great Socialist Country

Talk at the general reception for the delegates to the Third National Congress of the New Democratic Youth League of China

Talk On Questions Of Philosophy

Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art

The Bankruptcy of the Idealist Conception of History

The Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party

The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War

The Situation and Our Policy After the Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan

To Be Attacked by the Enemy Is Not a Bad Thing but a Good Thing

Where do correct ideas come from?

Why is it That Red Political Power Can Exist in China

Why It Is Necessary to Discuss the White Paper

Win the Masses in Their Millions for the Anti-Japanese National United Front