Quote by Mao Zedong

This volume represents the first installment of a comprehensive documentary collection tracing the political and ideological development of Mao Zedong through his personal writings. The selected period spans 1912 to 1920, a formative era in Mao's intellectual journey that predates his formal embrace of Marxist-Leninist theory. The collection presents primary source documents that illuminate the political awakening and revolutionary thinking of the future Chinese leader during the final years of the Qing Dynasty and the early Republican period. As a scholarly archival project, the volume provides researchers and historians with access to original texts that document the evolution of Mao's political philosophy before his conversion to communism, offering insight into the intellectual currents and historical circumstances that shaped one of the twentieth century's most significant political figures. more