Three Old Articles (China)
The Three Old Articles (老三篇) refer to the three papers entitled "Serve the People", "In Memory of Bethune" and "The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains" published by Mao Zedong before the founding of the People's Republic of China. These three articles mainly elaborated on the Chinese Communist Party's concepts of "serving the people", "not benefiting oneself but exclusively benefiting others" and "hard struggle". [1]
In the early days of the Cultural Revolution, all students in mainland China studied "Quotations from Chairman Mao" and the "Three Old Articles", and they were required to recite them. [2] The "Three Old Articles" was taken as a required course for cultivating new communists [3]
Serve the People[edit]
"Serve the People" (为人民服务) is Mao Zedong’s speech at the memorial meeting of Zhang Side of the Central Guard Corps of the Communist Party of China on September 8, 1944. [4]
In Memory of Bethune[edit]
"In Memory of Bethune" (纪念白求恩) was written by Mao Zedong on December 21, 1939, for the "Norman Bethune Memorial Book" [5] to be published by the Eighth Route Army Press, highly praising Bethune's spirit of communism and internationalism. [6] [7]
The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains[edit]
"The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains" (愚公移山) was Mao Zedong’s closing speech at the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China on June 11, 1945. [8]
References[edit]
- ^ ""老三篇"与中国共产党人的精神特质 ("The Three Old Articles" and the Spiritual Characteristics of Chinese Communists)". People's Daily Online (人民网). 2021-06-21.
- ^ 孙宝义著 (Sun Baoyi) (2013). 毛泽东兵法战策 (Mao Zedong’s Art of War and Strategies). Beijing: 解放军出版社 (People’s Liberation Army Press). p. 385. ISBN 978-7-5065-6441-0.
- ^ "把"老三篇"作为培养共产主义新人的必修课 (Take the "Three Old Articles" as a required course for cultivating new communists)". People's Daily editorial. October 28, 1966.
- ^ https://www.marxists.org/chinese/maozedong/marxist.org-chinese-mao-19440908.htm Serve the People
- ^ Norman Bethune Memorial Book (诺尔曼·白求恩纪念册). the Eighth Route Army Press. 1944.
- ^ Du Wenwen (杜汶纹), ed. (2020-12-21). "历史今日12月21日：毛泽东撰写《纪念白求恩》 (Today in History, December 21: Mao Zedong wrote "In Memory of Bethune")". 中国军网综合 (China Military Network Comprehensive).
- ^ https://www.marxists.org/chinese/maozedong/marxist.org-chinese-mao-19391221.htm In Memory of Bethune
- ^ https://www.marxists.org/chinese/maozedong/marxist.org-chinese-mao-19450611.htm The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains