A New Document for the Study of Mao Zedong's Philosophical Thought: Introducing The Philosophical Annotations of Mao Zedong

Abstract

The soon to be published The Philosophical Annotations of Mao Zedong is yet another volume in the specialist series of works by Mao Zedong compiled by the Chinese Communist Party's Central Documents Research Centre (in conjunction with other units). This volume contains annotations on and extracts from the Marxist philosophical books studied by Mao Zedong from the 1930s to the 1960s, and it is the first time that the bulk of these has been published. Its publication provides the study of Mao Zedong's thought, and in particular Mao's philosophical thought, a large number of valuable documentary materials possessing great theoretical and actual significance. This article will provide a brief introduction to this volume.