The Life Of Mao Zedong
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Dressed in the drab military uniform that symbolized the
revolutionary government of Communist China, Mao Zedong's body still looked
powerful, like an giant rock in a gushing river. An enormous red flag
draped his coffin, like a red sail unfurled on a Chinese junk, illustrating
the dualism of tradi ....
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.... of everyday life had remained largely unbroken. 4 Mao's father,
the son of a "poor peasant," during Mao's childhood however, prospered and
become a wealthy land owner and rice dealer. 5 Yet, the structure of Mao's
family continued to mirror the rigidity of traditional Chinese society. His
father, a strict disciplinarian, demanded filial piety. 6 Forced to do farm
labor and study the Chinese classics, Mao was expected to be obedient. On
the other hand, Mao remembers his mother was "generous and ....
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