Swlmmlng After swallowing some water at Changsha I taste a Wuchang fish in the surf and swim across the Yangtze River that winds ten thousand li. I s….

The Gods on the death of his wife Yang Kai-hui I lost my proud poplar and you your willow As poplar and willow they soar straight up into the ninth h….

Those experienced in work must take up the study of theory and must read seriously; only then will they be able to systematize and synthesize their e….

If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole it and do not put it into practice, then that theory, however good, is of no signif….

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

The spark from a tiny star can ignite the plains..

On all basic points our policies have proved correct from the very beginning..

I am hated by many, especially comrade Pang Dehuai, his hatred is so intense that he wished me dead. My policy with Pang Dehuai is such: You don't to….

The great man, Genghis Khan, only knew how to shoot eagles with an arrow. The past is past. To see real heroes, look around you..

In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements..

Be pupils of the masses as well as their teachers..

The world is yours, as well as ours, but in the last analysis, it is yours. Young people, full of vigour and vitality, are in the bloom of life, like….

Apart from their other characteristics, the outstanding thing about China's 600 million people is that they are “poor and blank”. This may seem a bad….

If we did ten things, nine were bad and got disclosed by the newspapers, we will be over. Then I will go, to the countryside, lead the peasant and re….

This army is powerful because all its members have a conscious discipline; they have come together and they fight not for the private interests of a ….

The People's democratic dictatorship needs the leadership of the working class. For it is only the working class that is most far-sighted, most selfl….

The people are like water and the army is like fish..

We desire peace. However, if imperialism insists on fighting a war, we will have no alternative but to take the firm resolution to fight to the finis….

In addition to the leadership of the Party, a decisive factor is our population of 600 million. More people mean a greater ferment of ideas, more ent….

Political work is the life-blood of all economic work..

The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central….