It's pretty incredible that I found this link today. They
are "Mao's Thoughts" published in 1966, at the beginning of Culture
Revolution.
Over the past few years, I've asked my cousins in China to buy a copy of Mao's "Little Red Book" for me. No, I'm not crazy...
I
remember studying these to death when I was in grade school. We were
forced to memorize many of them. I never had a clue of what they meant,
but was able to memorize and recite many of them -- what a twisted world
I lived in during my childhood years!!
Then
about 2 years ago, I thought I should study them again to understand
what the hell Mao was talking about back in 1966. Shockingly, my cousins
in China told me that they couldn't find the little red books in
regular book stores. You might have to pay a high price for it at the
black market.
The
attached are the 3 articles (老三篇) that each and every Chinese must study
and memorize during the Culture Revolution. I googled them today, and
wow -- I found them, in Chinese!!
The 3rd article is called《愚公移山》.
It's an ancient Chinese story and happens to be one of the 3 articles
we all must study and memorize during the Culture Revolution. Believe it or not, over the past 33 years in the US, this ancient Chinese story has helped me during so many difficult situations in so many ways...
The circles of life are pretty incredible!
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