Mao Zedong (1893-1976), 1st Chairman of the Communist Party of China and u0026 leader of the People’s Republic of China for nearly 30 years, wrote poetry, starting in the 1920s, during the Red Army’s epic retreat during the Long March of 1934-36 and u0026 after coming to power in 1949. Mao’s poems are in the classical Chinese verse style, rather than the newer Modern Chinese poetry style. Tho Mao may not be one of the best Chinese poets, his poems are generally considered well-written and u0026 of high literary quality. As did most Chinese intellectuals of his generation, Mao received rigorous education in Chinese classical literature. Thus his skill in poetry is of little surprise. His style was deeply influenced by the and “Three Lis and ” of the Tang Dynasty: poets Li Bai, Li Shangyin and u0026 Li He. He’s considered to be a romantic poet, in contrast to the realist poets represented by Du Fu. Many of Mao’s poems are frequently quoted in popular culture, literature and u0026 daily conversations. Some of well-known poems are and “Changsha and ” (1925), and “The Double Ninth and ” (1929.10), and “Loushan Pass and ” (1935), and “The Long March and ” (1935), and “Snow and ” (1936.02), and “The PLA Captures Nanjing and ” (1949.04), and “Reply to Li Shuyi and ” (1957.05.11) and u0026 and “Ode to the Plum Blossom and ” (1961.12).

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