The pre-Marxist period, 1912-1920

Author(s)

• 毛, 沢東 モウ, タクトウ mao, ze dong
• Schram, Stuart R.

Bibliographic Information

The pre-Marxist period, 1912-1920

Stuart R. Schram, editor

（Mao's road to power : revolutionary writings 1912-1949 / Stuart R. Schram, editor ; Nancy J. Hodes, associate editor, v. 1）（An East gate book）

M.E. Sharpe, 1992

Note

Translation of: Mao Tse-tung tsao ch'iwen kao, 1912.6-1920.11, and other Chinese sources

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Revolution in its Leninist guise has been a dominant force in the world for most of the 20th century, and the Chinese revolution has been, with the Russian revolution, one of its two most important manifestations. Mao Zedong, the architect of victory in China in 1949, stands out as one of the dominant figures of the century. Guerilla leader, strategist, conqueror, ruler, poet and philosopher, he placed his imprint on China, and on the world. Even though today communism is widely seen as bankrupt, Mao Zedong's achievements as an innovative disciple of Lenin and Stalin in the most populous nation on earth guarantees his place in history. Whatever the ultimate fate of communism in China, the fact of Mao's influence on events during more than five decades, and its resonance after his death, will remain. This edition of Mao Zedong's writings provides abundant documentation in his own words regarding his life and thought. It has been compiled from all available Chinese sources, including not only the 20-volume edition published in Tokyo years ago, but many new materials issued in China since 1978, both openly and for internal circulation. The editors have pursued a threefold goal: firstly, to translate every text by Mao which could be obtained, so as to make this English version as complete as possible; secondly, to annotate the materials in sufficient detail to make them accessible to the non-specialist reader; and thirdly, to combine accuracy with a level of literary quality which is intended to make the volumes agreeable as well as instructive to read. Volume 1 includes translations of the entire contents of the authoritative "Mao Zedong Zaoqi Wengao 1912.6-1920.11" ("Draft writings from Mao Zedong's early period, June 1912-November 1920"), published in Beijing in 1990, plus some 15 additional texts for the same period which have been attributed to Mao. Among the items thus made available in English are his first surviving work, a middle school essay of 1912 in praise of Shang Yang; his very extensive "Classroom Notes" of late 1913 on the lectures of his most influential teachers, Yang Changji and "Yuan the Big Beard"; a dozen letters to his then close friend Xiao Zisheng (Siao-yu), who described a shared odyssey in "Mao-Tse-tung and I were Beggars"; his marginal annotations of 1918 to the German philosopher Friedrich Paulsen's work on ethics, in which Mao proclaimed himself a believer in "individualism" and an admirer of Nietzsche; and many important letters, articles, and other writings documenting his evolution from liberalism to anarchism and finally to Marxism in 1919-1920.

Table of Contents

• 1912
• Essay on How Shang Yang Established Confidence by the Moving of the Pole 1 (June 1912)
• 1913
• Classroom Notes 1 (October-December 1913)
• 1915
• Letter to Wen Yongchang 1 (February 24, 1915)
• Yang Changji's Record of a Conversation with Mao Zedong 1 (April 5, 1915)
• In Memory of a Friend, Yi Yongxi 1 (May 1915)
• Letter to Xiangsheng 1 (June 25, 1915)
• Epigraphs to Mingchi pian (Essays on the Sense of Shame) 1 (Summer 1915)
• Letter to a Friend 1 (July 1915)
• Letter to Xiao Zisheng (August 3,1915)
• Letter to Xiao Zisheng (August 1915)
• Letter to Xiao Zisheng (September 6, 1915)
• Letter to Xiao Zisheng (September 27, 1915)
• Letter to Li Jinxi 1 (November 9,1915)
• Letter to Xiao Zisheng (Winter 1915)
• 1916
• Letter to Xiao Zisheng (January 28,1916)
• Letter to Xiao Zisheng (February 19,1916)
• Letter to Xiao Zisheng (February 29, 1916)
• Letter to Xiao Zisheng (June 24, 1916)
• Letter to Xiao Zisheng (June 26, 1916)
• Letter to Xiao Zisheng (July 18, 1916)
• Letter to Xiao Zisheng (July 25, 1916)
• Letter to Li Jinxi (December 9, 1916)
• 1917
• Letter to Miyazaki T?ten 1 (March 1917)
• A Study of Physical Education (April 1, 1917)
• Foreword to Xiao Zisheng's 1 All in One Self-Study Notes (Summer 1917)
• Letter to Li Jinxi (August 23, 1917)
• Zhang Kundi's Record of Two Talks with Mao Zedong 1 (September 1917)
• Chinese Language Teaching Plan (Second-Year Chinese Language Class) 1 (September 1917)
• Public Announcement Inviting Students to the Workers' Evening School 1 (October 30, 1917)
• Evening School Journal, 1 Volume One (November 1917)
• On the Occasion of a Memorial Meeting for Students of Hunan First Normal School Who Died of Illness 1 (1917)
• Mourning Couplet for a Student (1917)
• In Praise of Swimming 1 (ca. 1917)
• In Answer to Mr. Xia Mo'an 1 (1917)
• 1918
• Advertisement Regarding Evening School Enrollment 1 (March 2, 1918)
• Seeing Off Tate Uichir? 1 on His Journey to the East (An old-style poem with seven characters to the line) (1918)
• Students' Society Records for May 10 1 (May 29, 1918)
• Letter to Luo Xuezan 1 (August 11, 918)
• Letter to Seventh and Eighth Maternal Uncles (August 1918) 1
• Marginal Notes to: Friedrich Paulsen, A System of Ethics (1917-1918)
• 1919
• Letter to Seventh and Eighth Maternal Uncles and Aunts (April 28, 1919) 1
• Manifesto on the Founding of the Xiang River Review (July 14, 1919)
• The Waves of Strikes in Various Countries (July 14, 1919)
• The Arrest and Rescue of Chen Duxiu 1 (July 14, 1919)
• The Threat of Force (July 14, 1919)
• Study the Extremist Party (July 14, 1919)
• The Blockade (July 14, 1919)
• Proof of the Equality and Justice of the Allies (July 14, 1919)
• Afghanistan Picks Up the Sword (July 14, 1919)
• The Rhine Republic Is a Grotesque Country (July 14, 1919)
• So Much for National Self-Determination! (July 14, 1919)
• Poor Wilson (July 14, 1919)
• Savage Bomb Attacks (July 14, 1919)
• The Despotism of Industry Is Unacceptable (July 14, 1919)
• The Cession of Territory and Reparations Are Mutually Incompatible (July 14, 1919)
• A Bloodletting for the Socialist Party (July 14, 1919)
• Bernstein (July 14, 1919)
• There Are No Temples to Illustrious Virtue Abroad (July 14, 1919)
• What Is Fitting in a Republic? (July 14, 1919)
• Probably Not a Human Being (July 14, 1919)
• From the Kunlun Mountains to Europe (July 14, 1919)
• A Good Scheme (July 14, 1919)
• The Instant Transformation (July 14, 1919)
• We Are Starving (July 14, 1919)
• Do You Mean to Say That Walking Is Only for Men? (July 14, 1919)
• Ha! Ha! (July 14, 1919)
• The Women's Revolutionary Army (July 14, 1919)
• Notice from the Xiang River Review (July 14, 1919)
• What Kind of Talk Is This? (July 14, 1919)
• For the Germans, the Painful Signing of the Treaty (July 21, 1919)
• Joy and Suffering (July 21, 1919)
• Karl and Puyi (July 21, 1919)
• The Founding and Progress of the Strengthen Learning Society (July 21, 1919)
• Explanations by the Xiang River Review (July 21, 1919)
• The Great Union of the Popular Masses Part I (July 21, 1919)
• France Fears Germany as If It Were a Tiger (July 28, 1919)
• Contents of the Treaty (July 28, 1919)
• The Secret Treaty Between Japan and Germany (July 28, 1919)
• Politicians (July 28, 1919)
• Those Who Don't Believe in Science Will Die (July 28, 1919)
• Dead Rats (July 28, 1919)
• Petition of the Hunan Students' Association to the Governor of Hunan (July 30, 1919)
• An Overall Account of the Hunan United Students' Association (August 4, 1919)
• Statutes of the Problem Study Society (September 1, 1919)
• Letter to Li Jinxi 1 (September 5, 1919)
• Expressing Sympathy for the Students of the Normal School 1 (September 21, 1919)
• It Was He (September 26, 1919)
• Revised Manifesto for Xin Hunan on the Occasion of the Publication of Issue No. 7 1 (September 1919)
• Mao Zedong's Funeral Oration in Honor of His Mother (October 8, 1919)
• Commentary on the Suicide of Miss Zhao 1 (November 16, 1919)
• The Question of Miss Zhao's Personality (November 18, 1919)
• The Marriage Question-An Admonition to Young Men and Women (November 19, 1919)
• The Question of Reforming the Marriage System (November 19, 1919)
• The Evils of Society and Miss Zhao (November 21, 1919)
• Concerning the Incident of Miss Zhao's Suicide (November 21, 1919)
• Against Suicide (November 23, 1919)
• The Question of Love- Young People and Old People Smash the Policy of Parental Arrangement (November 25, 1919)
• Smash the Matchmaker System (November 27, 1919)
• The Problem of Superstition in Marriage (November 28, 1919)
• The Work of the Students (December 1, 1919)
• Zhang Jingyao's Smuggling of Opium Seeds Uncovered (People's News Agency dispatch, 1 December 24, 1919)
• Petition Opposing Zhang Jingyao's Secret Agreement to Sell the Mines (December 27, 1919)
• Public Indignation of the Hunan People at Zhang Jingyao's Smuggling of Opium Seeds (December 31, 1919) 1
• 1920
• Zhang Jingyao Smuggles Opium Seeds (continued) (People's News Agency dispatch, January 4, 1920)
• Letter to Yi Lirong (January 13, 1920)
• Expel Zhang Jingyao: Express Communique (January 18, 1920) 1
• Appeal to the Central Government in Beijing by Hunanese Citizens in All Walks of Life Accusing Zhang Jingyao of Ten Major Crimes (January 19, 1920)
• Petition by Teachers in Hunan for Dismissing and Punishing Zhang Jingyao (January 19, 1920)
• An Obituary Notice Mourning Mr. Yang Changji (January 22, 1920)
• Petition to Mr. Jin (January 28, 1920)
• Letter to Tao Yi 1 (February 19, 1920)
• The New Campaign of Hunan Representatives to Expel Zhang (People's News Agency dispatch, February 28, 1920)
• A Fund-Raising Notice for the Shanghai Work-Study Mutual Aid Society (March 5, 1920) 1
• Letter to Li Jinxi (March 12, 1920)
• Conditions for the Reconstruction Of Hunan (for Discussion) 1 (March 12, 1920)
• Letter to Zhou Shizhao 1 (March 14, 1920)
• The Inside Story of the Hunan Peace Preservation Association (March 25, 1920)
• Declaration on the Occasion of the Founding of the Association for Promoting Reform in Hunan (April 1, 1920) 1
• The Hunan People Are Fighting Hard to Get Rid of Zhang Jingyao (April 27, 1920)
• The Hunan People Denounce Zhang Jingyao for Sabotaging the Peace (June 5, 1920)
• Letter to Li Jinxi (June 7, 1920)
• The Hunan People Are Fighting for Their Moral Character (June 9, 1920)
• The People of Hunan Must Take Another Step Forward (June 11, 1920)
• The Self-Rule of the People of Hunan (June 18, 1920) 1
• Reply to Zeng Yi from the Association for Promoting Reform in Hunan (June 23, 1920)
• Letter to Hu Shi 1 (July 9, 1920)
• General Regulations of the Xiangtan Society for the Promotion of Education 1 (July 27, 1920)
• The Founding of the Cultural Book Society 1 (July 31, 1920)
• Declaration of the Xiangtan Society for the Promotion of Education (July 31, 1920)
• Business Regulations (1920)
• General Regulations for Branch Offices (1920)
• For the Attention of Branch Offices (1920)
• Outline of the Organization of the Cultural Book Society (August 25, 1920)
• The Fundamental Issue in the Problem of Hunanese Reconstruction: The Republic of Hunan (September 3, 1920)
• Break Down the Foundationless Big China and Build Up Many Chinas Starting with Hunan (September 5, 1920)
• Absolutely Support the "Hunan Monroe Doctrine" (September 6, 1920)
• Hunan Is Burdened by China: Proof from History and from the Present Situation (September 6-7, 1920)
• Statutes of the Russia Studies Society (September 23, 1920)
• It Is Time to Launch a "Hunan Self-Government Movement" (September 26, 1920)
• Clearing Up the Doubt (September 27, 1920)
• More on the "Promotion Movement" (September 28, 1920)
• "Hunanese Rule of Hunan" Versus "Hunanese Self-Rule" (September 30, 1920)
• "Complete Self-Rule" and "Semi-Self-Rule" (October 3, 1920)
• Proposal That the "Hunan Revolutionary Government" Convene a "Hunan People's Constitutional Convention" to Enact a "Hunan Constitution" in Order to Build a "New Hunan" (October 5-6, 1920)
• Appeal to the 300,000 Citizens 1 of Changsha in Favor of Self-Rule for Hunan (October 7, 1920)
• Essentials of the Organic Law of the Hunan People's Constitutional Convention (October 8, 1920)
• Essentials of the Electoral Law of the Hunan People's Constitutional Convention (October 8, 1920)
• Yesterday's General Meeting on Proposing the Convocation of a People's Constitutional Convention (October 9, 1920)
• Petition for the Hunan Self-Government Movement (October 10, 1920)
• Oppose Unification (October 10, 1920)
• First Business Report of the Cultural Book Society Report on Circumstances During the Preparatory and Interim Business Periods (October 22, 1920)
• Notice from the Cultural Book Society (November 1, 1920)
• Cultural Book Society Announcement to All Who Are Eager to Learn (November 10, 1920)
• A Respectful Notice from the Cultural Book Society to the Gentleman Who Has Bought This Book (November 1920)
• The Budget for Girls' Education and the Budget for Boys' Education (November 19, 1920)
• Zhang Wenhang's Record of Mao Zedong's Comments on the Issue of Establishing the League 1 (November 21,1920)
• Letter to Xiang Jingyu 1 (November 25, 1920)
• Letter to Ouyang Ze 1 (November 25, 1920)
• Letter to Luo Aojie 1 (November 25, 1920)
• Letter to Li Si'an 1 (November 25, 1920)
• Letter To Zhang Guoji 1 (November 25, 1920)
• Letter to Luo Xuezan 1 (November 26, 1920)
• Letter to Luo Xuezan (November 26, 1920)
• Letter to Xiao Zizhang (November 1920) 1
• Comments in Response to the Letter from Yi Lirong 1 to Mao Zedong and Peng Huang (November 1920)
• Announcement of the Publication of the Collected Correspondence of Members of the New People's Study Society (Volume 1) (November 1920)
• The Purpose and Procedures for the Publication of the Collected Correspondence of Members of the New People's Study Society (Volume 1) (November 1920)
• On the Readers Club by Colleagues of the Cultural Book Society (November 1920)
• Preface to Collected Correspondence of Members of the New People's Study Society (Volume 2) (November 30, 1920)

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Details

• NCID: BA20046347
• ISBN:
  • 1563240491
• LCCN: 92026783
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: chi
• Place of Publication: Armonk, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: xlvii, 640 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS778.M3
  • DC20 : 951.04
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA46528037
  • BA10415287