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Autumn 1925

Ch’ang-sha

By | 05/14/2026
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Standing alone in the autumn cold:The Hsiang flowing northward,Orange Island, the cape.I see thousands of hills in crimsoned view,The woods piling up in deep-dye;The mighty stream, in its gleam of jade,One hundred barques racing by.Eagles high up, cleaving the space,Fish gliding above shallow ground;Ten thousand creatures, under frosty a sky,all fighting for freedom. In the waste’s dreariness brooding,I ask the blue space without bonds:Who masters fate’s rise and descent? Once I came here with a hundred companions,Vivid the months and years yet, filled… Read More »

07/08/1966

Mao Zedong’s Letter to Comrade Jiang Qing

By | 04/05/2026
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Jiang Qing: Your letter from June 29th has been received. It would be best if you listened to the opinions of omrades Wei and Chen, and stay there a bit longer.1 This month I have two appointments to receive foreign visitors. After this is completed, I will tell you my plans.2 I stayed in a cave3 in the west for over ten days after leaving Wu Lin4 on June 15. Information wasn’t so available there.… Read More »

Probably around January 1937

“Self-reliance, Adequate Clothing, and Enough to Eat!”

By | 03/27/2026
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Обложка оригинального издания «Товарищ Цзян Цин»

On the ancient wall encircling Yenan he had inscribed in charcoal: Self-reliance, Adequate Clothing, and Enough to Eat! Develop the Economy and Provide for Military Defense! By Self-sufficiency, We Will Build a Flourishing Border Area in the Northwest! With a Hoe over One Shoulder and a Rifle over the Other We Will Become Self-sufficient in Production and Protect the Party’s Central Committee!

May/June 1976

Last letter to Jiang Qing

By | 03/18/2026
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You have been wronged. Today we are separating into two worlds. May each keep his peace. These few words may be my last message to you. Human life is limited, but revolution knows no bounds. In the struggle of the past ten years I have tried to reach the peak of revolution, but I was not successful. But you could reach the top. If you fail, you will plunge into a fathomless abyss. Your body will shatter.… Read More »

06/25/1959

Shaoshan Revisited

By | 03/15/2026
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Мао Цзэдун в Шаошани, июнь 1959 г.

Like a dim dream recalled, I curse the long-fled past–My native soil two and thirty years gone by.The red flag roused the serf, halberd in hand,While the despot’s black talons held his whip aloft.Bitter sacrifice strengthens bold resolveWhich dares to make sun and moon shine in new skies.Happy, I see wave upon wave of paddy… Read More »

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01/09/1963

Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo

By | 06/09/2023
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–to the tune of Man Chiang Hung On this tiny globeA few flies dash themselves against the wall,Humming without cease,Sometimes shrilling,Sometimes moaning. Ants on the locust tree assume a great-nation swaggerAnd mayflies lightly plot to topple the giant tree.The west wind scatters leaves over Changan,And the arrows are flying, twanging. So many deeds cry out… Read More »

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03/23/1965

Mao Zedong, ‘We Hope the Arab Countries Will Unite’

By | 05/04/2023
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This is the main part of Mao Zedong’s talk with a visiting Syrian goodwill delegation. All revolutionaries and political parties in Asia should unite against imperialism. The strength of one or two countries is insufficient, but they can become a formidable force by uniting together. The entire Arab world is confronting imperialism. We hope the Arab countries will unite. The hands of the Americans stretch very far, committing aggression everywhere.… Read More »

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05/18/1967

By | 03/29/2023
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The victory or defeat of the revolution can be determined only over a long period of time. If it is badly handled, there is always the danger of a capitalist restoration. All members of the party and all the people of our country must not think that after one, two, three, or four great cultural revolutions there will be peace and quiet. They must always be on the alert and must never relax their vigilance. (18-5-67) The present… Read More »

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11/25/1926

The bitter sufferings of the peasants in Kiangsu and Chekiang, and their movement of resistance

By | 11/21/2020
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If one takes the boat from Wuhsi, the first place at which one arrives is the market town of Kushan. It is situated between the three hsien of Chiangyin, Shangshu, and Wuhsi. In these three hsien there are many big land-lords who oppress the farmers very severely. Last autumn, a certain Kushan student who had studied in Japan, by the name of Chow Shui-p’ing, returned to… Read More »