ABSTRACT

This projected ten-volume 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 the many new texts that appeared in 1993, Mao's centenary.

part |100 pages

1935

chapter |1 pages

Three Poems to the Tune Sixteen Character Song1 1

(1934-1935) 2

chapter |1 pages

Loushan Pass 1

(To the tune "Remembering the Lady of Qin ") (February 28,1935) 2

chapter |2 pages

Order of the Frontline Headquarters Regarding Dispositions to Destroy the Divisions of Xiao and Xie 1

(March 5, 1935, at the Yaxi Headquarters)

chapter |1 pages

The Fourth Front Army Should Hasten Northward

(July 10, 1935)

chapter |2 pages

The Army of the Left Wing Should Change Its Route and March Northward

(September 8, 1935, 10:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Dispositions for Destroying the Enemy at Lazikou

(September 16, 1935, midnight)

chapter |1 pages

Dispositions Regarding Troop Movements and the Problem of Enforcing Discipline

(September 18, 1935, 8:00 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

The Long March

(A qilü) 1 (October 1935)

chapter |2 pages

Kunlun 1

(To the tune "The Charms of Nian-nu") 2 (October, 1935)

chapter |1 pages

There Is No Urgency for Us to Seek Combat in the Next Few Days

(October 6, 1935, 9:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Mount Liupan 1

(To the tune "Pure and Serene Music") (October 1935) 2

chapter |1 pages

It Is Necessary to Prepare for Battle When Passing Through Hongde City and Huan Xian

(October 13, 1935, 3:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Plan to Destroy the Pursuing Enemy in the Area East of Tiebiancheng

(October 17, 1935, 9:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Dispositions Regarding the Operations of the Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment

(October 19, 1935, 7:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

For Comrade Peng Dehuai

(A Six-Character Poem) 1 (October 21,1935) 2

chapter |1 pages

Investigate the Roads and the Topography in the Vicinity of Zhiluozhen

(November 6, 1935, 8:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Wipe Out the Enemy in the Zhiluozhen Area

(November 20, 1935, 4:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Check the Enemy's 117th Division from the Sides and from the Front

(November 22, 1935, 7:00 A.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Deployment to Destroy the Two Divisions of Dong Yingbin and Shen Ke 1

(November 23, 1935, 7:00 A.M., at Kuangping)

chapter |1 pages

Dispositions Regarding the Actions of the First and Fifteenth Army Groups

(November 23, 1935, 8:00 A.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Dispositions for Pursuing the Fleeing Enemy, Dong Yingbin

(November 24, 1935, 2:00 P.M.)

chapter |4 pages

Rebuttal of Chiang Kaishek's Absurd and Shameless Defense of His Treason

Interview with a correspondent of Red China (November 25, 1935)

chapter |1 pages

The Basic Orientation in Dealing zuith Shen Re's 106th Division

(November 26, 1935, 5:00 A.M.)

chapter |8 pages

The Zhiluozhen Campaign, and the Present Situation and Tasks 1

(November 30, 1935)

chapter |1 pages

The Basic Orientation at Present Should Be the Southern and Eastern Expeditions

(November 30, 1935, 10:00 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

We Agree with the Decision to Take Ganquan and Yichuan

(December 17, 1935, 9:00 P.M.)

chapter |7 pages

Resolution of the Central Committee on Problems of Military Strategy

(December 23, 1935)

chapter |2 pages

Preparing the Operational Plans for the Eastern Expedition

(December 24, 1935, 9:00 P.M.)

chapter |17 pages

On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism

(December 27, 1935)

part |471 pages

1936

chapter |1 pages

Dispositions for Wiping Out Yuan Kezheng's Regiment and Other Units

(January 9, 1936, 8:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Rest, Train, and Prepare to Take On New Tasks

(January 13, 1936, 8:00 P.M.)

chapter |4 pages

Talk with a Correspondent of Red China Press

(January 1936)

chapter |2 pages

Snow

(To the Tune "Spring in [Princess] Qin's Garden") (February 1936)

chapter |1 pages

Pay Attention to the Promotion of Cadres Before Crossing to the East

(February 13, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

Pay Strict Attention to Concealment While on the March

(February 16, 1936, 11:00 P.M.)

chapter |4 pages

Order Regarding Military Operations During the Eastern Expedition 1

(February 18, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

Exploiting the Victory, Both Army Groups Should Advance Swiftly Toward Shilou

(February 21, 1936, 7:00 A.M.)

chapter |2 pages

Instruction to Strive to Develop Anti-Japanese Base Areas in Shanxi

(February 24, 1936, at Zhangjiapan)

chapter |1 pages

Wipe Out the Enemy in Guanshang and Shuitou

(February 25, 1936, 12:00 noon)

chapter |1 pages

Make the Utmost Efforts to Destroy the Enemy in Guanshang

(February 26, 1936, 11:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Attack the Enemy in Shuitou If Conditions Are Favorable

(February 26, 1936, 11:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Create Base Areas for Military Operations in the Region of Guanshang and Shuitou

(February 28, 1936, 7:00 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

Everything for the Objective of Winning a Second Victory

(March 1, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

The Problem of Carrying Out the Policy of Good Treatment of Captives

(March 2, 1936, 9:30 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

On the Three Basic Conditions for Talks About Joint Resistance to Japan

(March 4, 1936, 10:00 A.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Views Regarding Negotiations with the Nanjing Authorities

(March 4, 1936, 12:00 noon)

chapter |1 pages

Dispositions for Wiping Out the Enemy Forces in the Zhongyang Area

(March 5, 1936, 12:00 midnight)

chapter |1 pages

Destroy the Enemy Forces Moving Toward Damaijiao One by One

(March 6, 1936, 2:00 A.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Deployment to Wipe Out the Enemy in Duijiuyu

(March 6, 1936, 8:30 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

The Fourth Regiment Should Delay the Enemy's Attack on Shuitou

(March 10, 1936, 3:00 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

Crush the Enemy's Offensive and Achieve the Creation of a Soviet Area in Shanxi

(March 11, 1936, 12:00 noon)

chapter |1 pages

Create a Battlefield East of the River, and Strengthen the Work on Major Roads

(March 25, 1936, 1:00 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

Basic Operational Policies of the First Army Group

(March 25, 1936, 8:00 P.M., near Shilou)

chapter |2 pages

Telegram from Mao Zedong and Peng Dehuai to Wang Yizhe and Zhang Xueliang

(April 6,1936, at noon) 1

chapter |1 pages

The Tasks of the First Army Group While It Remains in Southwest Shanxi

(April 8, 1936, 2:00 A.M.)

chapter |2 pages

At Present We Should Unite to Resist Japan, and Not Issue an Order to Suppress Chiang

(April 9, 1936, 12:00 midnight)

chapter |1 pages

Operational Deployments for the Fifteenth Army Group and the Twenty-eighth Army

(April 12, 1936, 4:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Lure the Enemy in Daning to Advance Westward, and Wipe Him Out

(April 20, 1936, 12:00 noon)

chapter |2 pages

Holding a General Review of Red Guards and Young Pioneers of the Whole Soviet Area on "May Day"

Order of the Northwest Revolutionary Military Commission (April 1936)

chapter |3 pages

Order Regarding Operations During the Western Expedition

(May 18, 1936, at Daxiangsi)

chapter |2 pages

To Yan Xishan

(May 25, 1936)

chapter |2 pages

The Current Situation and Our Strategic Orientation

(May 25, 1936)

chapter |3 pages

To Gao Guizi 1

(Summer 1936)

chapter |1 pages

The Main Forces of the First Army Group Should Advance Rapidly to Huanxian

(June 2, 1936, 11:00 A.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Operational Dispositions in the Area Between Hengshan and Dingbian

(June 6, 1936, 12:00 noon)

chapter |3 pages

Talk on the Southwest Incident

(June 8, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

Our Army Has Decided to Leave Wayaobao and Prepare for Battle

(June 14, 1936, 11:00 P.M.)

chapter |9 pages

Guiding Principles of the Central Committee Regarding Work with the Northeastern Army

(June 20, 1936, at Wayaobao) 1

chapter |1 pages

Operational Principles of the Western Expedition

(July 14, 1936, 5:00 P.M.)

chapter |3 pages

Appeal of the Central Soviet Government to the Gelaohui

(July 15, 1936)

chapter |9 pages

Interview with Edgar Snow on Foreign Affairs

(July 15, 1936)

chapter |9 pages

Interview with Edgar Snow on Japanese Imperialism

(July 16, 1936)

chapter |14 pages

Interview with Edgar Snow on Internal Affairs

(July 18-19, 1936)

chapter |2 pages

Directive on Land Policies

(July 22, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

The Principles of Concurrent Concentration and Dispersal of Local Armed Forces

(July 23, 1936, 3:00 A.M.)

chapter |6 pages

Interview with Edgar Snow on Special Questions 1

(July 23, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

At Present the 'Western Field Army Should Give Priority to Rest and Recuperation

(August 1,1936,10:30 A.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Soliciting Contributions to Notes on the Long March 1

(August 5,1936)

chapter |2 pages

Putting the Emphasis on the Political Education of Captives from the White Army

(August 13, 1936, 12:30 A.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Letter to Du Bincheng 1

(August 13,1936)

chapter |2 pages

Letter to Yang Hucheng

(August 13,1936)

chapter |1 pages

To Take Minzhou Would Bring Great Strategic Advantages

(August 13,1936)

chapter |2 pages

Letter to Song Zheyuan 1

(August 14,1936)

chapter |2 pages

Letter to Fu Zuoyi 1

(August 14,1936)

chapter |1 pages

Letter to Song Ziwen 1

(August 14,1936)

chapter |2 pages

To Yi Lirong 1

(August 14,1936)

chapter |1 pages

To Lin Biao

(August 26,1936,2:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

The Heart of Our Policy Is to Unite with Chiang to Resist japan

(August 26,1936,10:00 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

To Wang Yizhe

(August 1936)

chapter |2 pages

Directive on the Problem of Forcing Chiang Kaishek to Resist japan

(September 1,1936)

chapter |2 pages

"Resist Japan" and "Oppose Chiang" Cannot Be Raised Simultaneously

(September 8,1936)

chapter |2 pages

To Shao Lizi 1

(September 8, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

To Wang jun 1

(September 8, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

To Zhu Shaoliang 1

(September 8,1936)

chapter |1 pages

To Peng Dehuai, Liu Xiao, and Li Fuchun 1

(September 11,1936,4:00 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

Deployment for the Occupation of Ningxia

(September 14,1936,6:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Views Regarding the Operations of the Three Front Armies

(September 15,1936)

chapter |1 pages

Block and Delay the Westward Advance of Hu Zongnan's Forces

(September 17, 1936, 12:00 noon)

chapter |1 pages

Jieshipu Should First Be Occupied by a Unit of the Red First Army Group

(September 17, 1936, 3:30 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

To Song Qingling

(September 18, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

To Zhang Naiqi, Tao Xingzhi, Shen Junru, and Zou Taofen 1

(September 18, 1936)

chapter |2 pages

The Key Point of Expansion Is in Ningxia and Not in Western Gansu

(September 19, 1936, 3:00 P.M.1p.m.p.m.)

chapter |3 pages

To Cai Yuanpei 1

(September 22,1936)

chapter |2 pages

To Li Jishen, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi 1

(September 22,1936)

chapter |2 pages

To Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai 1

(September 22,1936)

chapter |1 pages

To Yu Xuezhong 1

(September 22,1936)

chapter |5 pages

Interview with Edgar Snow on the United Front

(September 23,1936)

chapter |1 pages

Block Hu Zongnan's Westward Advance, and Ensure That We Continue to Hold Jieshipu

(September 25,1936,2:00 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

The Fourth Front Army Should Move Northward Immediately

(September 27, 1936, 2:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

It Is Extremely Necessary to Open Schools Attached to the Troops

(September 29, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

We Must Actively Establish an Anti-Japanese United Front with the Guomindang Forces

(October 1, 1936, 4:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

It Is Appropriate for the Second Division to Be Stationed in the Xiaohecheng Area

(October 2, 1936, 2:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

To Zhang Xueliang

(October 5,1936)

chapter |1 pages

At Present Ningxia Should Not Be Threatened Too Much

(October 6, 1936, 10:00 A.M.)

chapter |1 pages

My Opinion Regarding the Operations of the Main Forces of the First Army Grow

(October 6, 1936, 3:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Operational Dispositions After Concentrating to the North of the Wei River

(October 6, 1936, 5:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

I Have Already Put Forward to Nanjing an Opinion on Four Points

(October 14, 1936, 4:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Statement About a Cease-fire and Resistance to japan

(October 15, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

Conditions for Negotiations Put Forward by the Guomindang

(October 17, 1936, 4:00 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

The Current Situation as Regards the United Front

(October 18, 1936, 3:00 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

Letter to Hu Zongnan Drafted for Xu Xiangqian

(October 18, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

To Ye Jianying and Liu Ding 1

(October 22,1936)

chapter |1 pages

I Agree with Peng Dehuai's Plan for the Ningxia Campaign

(October 24, 1936, 12:00 midnight)

chapter |2 pages

To Fu Zuoyi

(October 25, 1936)

chapter |2 pages

Deployment to Shatter the Enemy Forces in the South

(October 25, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

Deployment for the Campaign Against Hu Zongnan's Forces

(October 29, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

First Strike at Hu Txmgnan, Then Attack Ningxia

(October 30, 1936, 4:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

To Xu Deheng and Others 1

(November 2,1936)

chapter |1 pages

Operations of the Forces Crossing the River

(November 3, 1936, 10:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

To Chen Gongpei 1

(November 4, 1936)

chapter |3 pages

The New Battle Plan

(November 8, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

Strive to Attack One Enemy Division While You Are On the Move

(November 8, 1936, 12:00 noon)

chapter |1 pages

Strive to Destroy One Unit of the Enemy's Forces

(November 8, 1936, 8:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

On the Problem of Suspending Attacks and Holding Negotiations

(November 9, 1936, 4:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Enquiry About the Situation of the Western Route Army

(November 11, 1936, 8:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

The Principles of the Agreement to Negotiate with Nanjing

(November 12,1936) 1

chapter |1 pages

Dispositions for Attacking Zeng Wanzhong

(November 12, 1936, 9:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

About the Methods for Attacking the Enemy

(November 14, 1936) 1

chapter |1 pages

Hu Zongnan's Attack on Dingbian and Yanchi, and Our Troops' Deployment

(November 17, 1936, 6:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Mobilization Order for the Decisive Battle

(November 18, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

Operational Deployment for Zhu Rui's Detachment

(November 18, 1936, 8:00 A.M.)

chapter |1 pages

The Operations of Hu Zongnan's Forces, and the Deployment of Our Troops

(November 20, 1936, 5:00 A.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Resolutely Stop the Enemy's First Brigade from Taking Yanchi

(November 22, 1936, 5:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Organize into Southern and Northern Columns to Attack the Enemy

(November 22, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

Grasp the Contradictions of the Enemy Forces, and Thoroughly Smash Hu Zongnan

(November 23, 1936, 12:00 noon)

chapter |2 pages

It Is Better to Destroy One Enemy Regiment Completely Than to Rout Many Enemy Regiments

(November 25, 1936, at midnight)

chapter |2 pages

To Chiang Kaishek

(December 1, 1936)

chapter |2 pages

To Feng Yuxiang 1

(December 5, 1936)

chapter |3 pages

To Yang Hucheng

(December 5, 1936)

chapter |74 pages

Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War

(December 1936) 1

chapter |2 pages

Telegram from Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai to Zhang Xueliang

(December 13,1936, at noon) 1

chapter |1 pages

The Field Army Should Move to the Town of Xifeng

(December 14, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

A Grand Strategy Must Be Adopted to Strike at the Enemy's Key Positions

(December 15, 1936, 8:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Telegram from Mao Zedong to Zhang Xueliang

(December 17, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

To Peng Xuefeng 1

(December 20, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

Expose the Joint Plot of the Japanese and the He Yingqin 1 Faction to Murder Chiang

(December 21, 1936, 8:00 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

To Yan Xishan

(December 22, 1936)

chapter |2 pages

A Letter to the Chinese National Revolutionary Alliance

(December 22, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

Regarding the Circumstances Surrounding the Release of Chiang Kaishek

(December 25, 1936, at midnight)

chapter |4 pages

A Statement on Chiang Kaishek's Proclamation of the 26th

(December 28, 1936)

chapter |1 pages

For Comrade Ding Ling 1

(To the Tune "Immortal by the River ") (December 1936)

part |140 pages

1937

chapter |2 pages

Prepare to Deal with the Offensive of the Pro-Japanese Faction

(January 1, 1937, midnight)

chapter |1 pages

The Fifteenth Army Group Should Move to Southern Shaanxi

(January 3, 1937, 8:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

The Work of the Field Army After Concentrating Its Forces

(January 7, 1937, 10:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

The Red Army's Main Force Should Advance to Shang[zhou] and Luo[nan]

(January 11, 1937, 9:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

To Comrade Ma Haide 1

(January 20, 1937)

chapter |1 pages

Negotiating Principles and Military Deployment

(January 21, 1937, 8:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

To Xu Teli

(January 30, 1937)

chapter |1 pages

The Main Substance of Our Negotiations with Nanjing

(February 9, 1937, 11:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Supplement to the Substance of Our Negotiations with Nanjing

(February 10, 1937, midday) 1

chapter |2 pages

Written Reply Regarding Principles of the Negotiations with the Guomindang

(February 12, 1937, 3:00 A.M.)

chapter |1 pages

Demand That Nanjing Expand Our Defense Sector

(February 14, 1937, 2:00 A.M.)

chapter |13 pages

Talk on the Sino-Japanese Problem and the Xi'an Incident

(March 1, 1937)

chapter |1 pages

Written Reply Regarding the Substance of Zhou Enlai's Negotiations in Nanjing

(March 5, 1937, 9:00 P.M.)

chapter |1 pages

The Situation and Tasks After the Achievement of Domestic Peace

(March 6, 1937)

chapter |1 pages

To Edgar Snow

(March 10, 1937)

chapter |1 pages

To Fan Changjiang 1

(March 29, 1937, at midnight)

chapter |1 pages

Two Principles in Negotiating with Nanjing

(April 1, 1937, 2:00 A.M.)

chapter |2 pages

An Elegiac Address in Honor of the Yellow Emperor

(April 5, 1937)

chapter |14 pages

The Tasks of the Chinese National United Front Against Japan at the Present Stage 1

Outline of a Political Report at the Party Congress of the Soviet Regions (May 3,1937)

chapter |8 pages

Struggle to Win the Masses in Their Millions for the Anti-Japanese National United Front

Concluding Remarks at the Party Congress of the Soviet Areas (May 7,1937)

chapter |2 pages

Letter to the Spanish People

(May 15, 1937)

chapter |7 pages

On Resisting Japan, Democracy, and Northern Youth

(May 15,1937)

chapter |1 pages

Two Aspects That Need to Be Addressed When Meeting with Chiang Kaishek

(May 24, 1937, 7:00 P.M.)

chapter |2 pages

The Main Points in the Talks with the Guomindang

(May 25, 1937, midday 1 )

chapter |1 pages

To Guo Huaruo 1

(June 4, 1937)

chapter |2 pages

To He Xiangning 1

(June 25, 1937)

chapter |10 pages

On the Nature, Stages, and Driving Forces of the Chinese Revolution

Interview with Nym Wales (Helen Foster Snow) (July 4,1937)

chapter |1 pages

Basic Guidelines on the Elimination of Bandits

(July 6, 1937)

chapter |2 pages

Concerning the Organization and Preparation of the Red Army

(July 16, 1937)

chapter |1 pages

No More Negotiations If Chiang Kaishek Refuses to Compromise

(July 20, 1937)

chapter |2 pages

Convey to Chiang Kaishek the Plan to Reorganize the Red Army

(July 28, 1937) 1