Mao Zedong Research Paper

Ray Chiao

Mr. Brown

History of Asia

January 22, 2015

Word Count:2,026 Mao Zedong: The man with Strong integrity and truthfulness During Mao Zedong’s presence being a Communist political leader in the 20th century, he believed that “Every Communist must grasp the truth: “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” A farm born child in Hunan Province later on became one of the most influential people in the world. Mao Zedong is the founding father of the People’s Republic of China and a revolutionary for the Chinese communists. Born in wealthy family of farmers, Mao Zedong learned and adopted ideas and images of Chinese nationalist and anti-imperialists particularly from the Xinhai revolution (1911) and the May Fourth Movement (1919).

He mostly embodied the value of honesty throughout his early years, got in touch with Confucianism during his primary school years, moved to Changsha for further education with the influence of republicanism, and faced the Xinhai revolution, making him a dedicated revolutionary for the admired Sun-Yat-Sen. That is to say, his early years during his primary school, already got Mao Zedong in touch with political ideas and pro-western literature with the philosophy of Confucianism. A simple way to express the Confucian ideals is that Confucianism varies levels of honesty, and puts humanity as the core of the Confucian philosophy. Indeed, after Mao Zedong’s learning in his primary school and the rejection towards Luo-Yigu’s marriage set up by his father. Mao moved to Changsha for his middle school and high school education, accepted a new philosophy of republicanism. His strong integrity towards his honored and admired leader Sun-Yat-Sen led him to play a role as a volunteer soldier in Changsha for the Xinhai revolution . As a matter of fact, Mao Zedong’s dedication and support led to the fall and collapse of the Qing. Not only did Mao Zedong get influenced by Confucianism and Republicanism, but also as a librarian in Peking University, he was introduced to Marxist ideas and had the feeling that if

Above all, Mao Zedong’s contributions and moral conduct made him a very honest and straightforward person. Briefly, in Mao Zedong’s early life, he mostly embodies the value of honesty, for the simple reason that he was born and raised a Confucian idealized child who finds honesty and humanity as the core in his life. Similarly, during his first years as a political member, he also mostly embodies the value of honesty in his life, considering that he showed trustworthiness towards the Chinese Communist Party and led the Long March with his followers, not giving up. In contrast, after his creation of the People’s Republic of China, he rarely embodies the value of Honesty, concerning his vilification campaign and the Cultural Revolution that questioned his trustworthiness and honesty towards his followers or revered citizens. Finally, he mostly embodies the value of honesty during his early life getting to know about politics, to his contributions to politics. However, after his creation of the People’s Republic of China, Mao Zedong does lose the value of