Mao Zedong: Man, Not God

monoamine oxidase Zedong Man, non God by Quan Yanchi was first published in 1992, hold is translated to English from Chinese by Wang Wenjiong and redact by Gale Hadfield. The book is based on the recollections of Li Yinqiao, Maos bodyguard for many social classs. Highlighting the book argon photographs of Mao with his relatives and Li, published for the first time. This book evict help anyone who is new to China or inhabit only when a little somewhat this country to get more familiar with who Mao for Chinese is. They love him so much, and the main aim of writer of the book is to show to reader hidden situations of his life.The book is divided into 20 chapters by their theme. It ranges from Maos relationship with different people to liaisons that made him let loose. Author was worried that not all of his questions will be answered by Li, despite Li is his friend. He thought some questions whitethorn embarrass Li, as they were about Maos likes and dislikes, his fears. But to his fortune Li did his best trying to remember e actuallything in details. Mao is well-known around the world as the greatest man China produced in this century. The author supports this impression and also tries to show that Mao was not like a robot,but ordinary human feelings be not alien to him.He had some habits which characterize him as a person who doesnt really like changes. As he choose Li to be his bodyguards commander, they spent about 15 years together and afterward Li left Mao didnt have any new bodyguard commander. There are slews of situations while Mao afield. During the war he shows himself as a good commander and great strategist. He is very principled, sometimes it almost costed him a life. There were only few occasions when he refused his lyric and changed the order of things. But in some cases we should have thanked Li that Mao stayed alive.He was so dogged, he didnt vexation about his own safe, he was just following his desire or whim like as he said so he would do so no matter how it would finish. For me personally was very interesting chapter about things that fuddle Mao cry. I didnt even expect that such a thing as Beijing Opera could make him cry so much. One of his favorite plays was The Story of the exsanguine Snake. This tragic story never failed to move Mao to tears. This episode shows Mao not as Chairman or army leader,but more humane, as a small vulnerable child which starts to cry from emotions when he sees something perfect in its kind.Tragedy took Mao inside the play, he was losing connection to the real world, he became a part of play, he didnt care about other peoples opinion. Another episode is also very emotional. Mao used to have one bodyguard from severally province, so about twice a year he was sending them back home for family reunion, but also they had to bring Mao information about what was going on in the country, especially in distant parts. He didnt want them to be shop or guerrilla, he wanted to know th e situation. He was not indifferent to destiny of people in China.Author keeps very detailed, he describes everything so vivid that reader gets an impression that he is sitting next to Mao, can hear his breathe, and feel the same disgust when Mao throws away a butt. Sometimes it can make you bored, but at all I find it necessary. Without all this details the text would be just retelling of history, only dry facts and would make you asleep within a minute. As the text is divided into chapters, Quan Yanchi starts each chapter with statement and after gives an example which supports the statement given in the beginning.As there can be some confirmations he goes from one to another, doesnt mix them up, so even if you stop reading for sometime and then occur back to book you will easily get back to the event described. Book leaves its sign on you, it is impossible that you will not change your opinion about Mao. He presented from very different engineer of view than we, foreigners, use d to think about him. Mao is God for Chinese, but he totally deserve it. During his life he did lots of good to China and now its time for China pay him back.