The Living Soul of Mao Zedong Thought

The stands, viewpoints and methods that run through the various components of Mao Zedong Thought have three basic aspects, namely: to seek truth from facts, the mass line, and independence.

Mao Zedong applied dialectical and historical materialism to the entire work of the proletarian party, giving shape to this stand, viewpoint and method so characteristic of Chinese Communists in the course of the Chinese revolution and its arduous, protracted struggles and thus enriching Marxism-Leninism.

They find expression not only in such important works as “Oppose Book Worship”, On Practice, On Contradiction, “Preface and Postscript to ‘Rural Surveys’”, “Some Questions Concerning Methods of Leadership” and “Where Do Correct Ideas Come From?” but also in his entire scientific writings and in the revolutionary activities of the Chinese Communists.