Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung: The Little Red Book

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Little Red Book for Beginning Chinese Language StudentsBook Review by Dr. Ali Fant, WB5WAF Radio StationAs a beginning Chinese language student, I found it very helpful to have the Chinese (Mandarin) and English text on facing pages. The thirty glossy color photographs of Mao are quite clear and distinct. The English font size is about 12 and the Chinese font size is about 14. One can read the Chinese text without a magnifying glass at normal reading distances.Because Chinese printers tend to run multiple characters together to save space, I was happy to find only a few squashed characters in this book.I purchased this book because it is the most published book in history, but probably not the most read book. The Bible, Quran, and Torah are arguably the most read books in history. However, the large population of China and the mandate that Chinese homes have a copy of Chairman Mao Tse-Tung quotations has made this small book very popular.The translation of the Chairman's words indicate it was edited by a non-native English speaker. There are missing spaces between punctuation marks and multiple run-on sentences in the English text. I would not recommend this book for beginning English language students. I would recommend this book for beginning Chinese language students.

Mao’s Little Red Book is superb. Some of Mao’s more global Quotations include: All erroneous ideas, all poisonous weeds, all ghosts and monsters, must be subjected to criticism; in no circumstance should they be allowed to spread unchecked. However, the criticism should be fully reasoned, analytical and convincing, and not rough, bureaucratic, metaphysical or dogmatic. Both dogmatism and revisionism run counter to Marxism. Marxism must certainly advance; it must develop along with the development of practice and cannot stand still. It would become lifeless if it remained stagnant and stereotyped. However, the basic principles of Marxism must never be violated, or otherwise mistakes will be made (pg. 39 in chapter 2). People of the world, be courageous, dare to fight, defy difficulties and advance wave upon wave. Then the whole world will belong to the people. Monsters of all kinds shall be destroyed (pg. 159 of chapter 7). As far as our own desire is concerned, we don’t want to fight even for a single day. But if circumstances force us to fight, we can fight to the finish (pg. 165). The oppressed peoples and nations must not pin their hopes for liberation on the ‘sensibleness’ of imperialism and its lackeys (pg. 167 of chapter 7). Knowledge is a matter of science, and no dishonesty or conceit whatsoever is permissible. What is required is definitely the reverse – honesty and modesty (pg. 583 of chapter 33).British Parliament member John McDonnell intelligently quoted out of Mao’s Little Red Book, “We must learn to do economic work from all who know how, no matter who they are. We must esteem them as teachers, learning from them respectfully and conscientiously. We must not pretend to know when we do not know (pg. 583).” Ayn Rand could have utilized this Mao Quotation? There was no controversial Nobel Prize in Economics yet when Mao’s Little Red Book was first compiled in 1964.

My Chinese spy told me all about this book. Great read!

Feels fragileNo Chinese - English, Only EnglishNot worth the money in my opinion, you could get similar for insanely cheap off Ali express

An amazing book that has more relevance now that ever

The little red book is an important addition to my library, which focuses on history, especially military history. While I in no way agree with most of what Chairman Mao had to say and write, I understand the power of his communication and its influence on the people not only of China but of other Asian and non-Asian countries as well.The book is not a perfect publication. Type face changes in mid paragraph and lines are dropped and many other things occur on the pages, but what it contains in content is what I was seeking when I ordered it.To some extent it is a novelty item. Even in China there are many who believe Mao went too far in trying to tear down Chinese culture and history. I am heartened by the more enlightened views of subsequent leadership, although I still feel China needs to be freed from this oppressive and archaic system of government.But you do not ignore a country with a population over a billion, and we dare not ignore China and especially its history in the past century. To some extent, ignoring that history is what got us into this mess.

No matter what you may think about the ridiculous amount of power that Mao wielded over the Chinese people, you can't help but feel somewhat sympathetic towards them. I've read the magnificent biography on Mao by Jung Chang, I felt compelled to buy the 'Little Red Book.' In this day and age of government imposed healthcare "choices" and the upcoming wave of dietary restricitions that are being made on the people of New York in order to preserve the health of the people, I found myself seeing a great deal of similarity between the new trend in government in the United States and the type of attitude that Mao took toward the common man during The Long March. I would challenge others to read this and look at the similiarity in policy between Mao and our current illustrious President of the United States. Bear in mind, that the only difference between Communism and Socialism is that in Socialism, the government has convinced the people that they're the ones calling the shots by voting. It's brilliant!