Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung

The book Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (Chinese毛主席 语录/毛主席 语录, Pinyin Mao zhǔxí yǔlù ) includes citations and publications Mao Zedong and is an important reference work for the political current of Maoism. It is also known as "The Little Red Book " or " Mao Bible ". Had great importance it especially in China in the Cultural Revolution ( 1966-1976 ). His time was expected of every Chinese to take the book with him, and it was customary to greet each other with a quote from it.

For the first time in 1965 published the worldwide circulation is now about one billion.

Foreword

The words of Chairman Mao Zedong was compiled after the Great Leap Forward from Defense Minister Lin Biao for the political training of the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army.

Excerpt from the Preface to the second edition:

"Comrade Mao Tse-tung is the greatest Marxist-Leninist of our time. In brilliant, creative and all-round way, Comrade Mao Tse-tung took over Marxism- Leninism as a heritage, defended him and further developed; he has lifted the Marxism -Leninism to a whole new level. The ideas of Mao Tse-tung are the Marxism-Leninism of the period in which imperialism for total collapse and socialism is heading for world-wide victory. The ideas of Mao Tse-tung are a powerful ideological weapon in the struggle against imperialism, a powerful ideological weapon in the struggle against revisionism and dogmatism. The ideas of Mao Tse-tung is the guiding principle for all activities of the whole Party, the whole army, the whole country. ... "

Structure and content

The book is divided into 33 chapters, each containing up to 25 short quotations of Mao Zedong on various topics, a total of 427 These quotes are taken from speeches and essays, as well as from the press, over a period of 40 years.

They deal with the CCP, warfare, revolutionary education, discipline, self-criticism, culture and other subjects and are without any direct link and without comment strung together.

Use

The Little Red Book was needed for mass actions of the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. It spread not only all over the Peoples Republic of China, but also in the European student movement of 1968.

A first German translation of Tilemann Grimm appeared in 1967 in the Fischer Library.

After the alleged coup attempt Lin Biao in 1971 were in China all obligations contained the preface recovered.