Mao Zedong

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communist leader head of state human military leader political theorist politician revolutionary

Mao Zedong was the founding father of the People's Republic of China and the leader of the Chinese Communist Party whose political, military, and ideological leadership reshaped 20th-century China.

Aliases (8)

Mao ×3
Chairman Mao ×1
Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong ×1
Mao Tse-tung ×1
Mao Zedong (as President of the PRC) ×1
Mao Zedong (as paramount leader) ×1
Mao Zedong gained de facto military leadership of the Red Army ×1
Zedong ×1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communist leader → head of state → human → military leader → political theorist → politician → revolutionary →
alsoKnownAs	Chairman Mao → Mao Tse-tung →
birthDate	1893-12-26 →
birthPlace	Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing Empire →
burialPlace	Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Tiananmen Square, Beijing →
child	Li Min → Mao Anqing → Mao Anying →
commemoratedBy	Mao Zedong Mausoleum → Mao Zedong statues across China →
countryOfCitizenship	People’s Republic of China → Republic of China →
currencyAppearance	Renminbi banknotes →
deathDate	1976-09-09 →
deathPlace	Beijing, People’s Republic of China →
education	Hunan First Normal School →
era	20th-century Chinese history →
familyName	Mao →
founded	People’s Republic of China →
foundingDateOfFoundedEntity	1949-10-01 →
fullName	Mao Zedong →
givenName	Zedong →
ideology	Maoism → Marxism–Leninism → communism →
image	portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate →
influenced	Chinese Communist Party → People’s Liberation Army → global Maoist movements →
influencedBy	Joseph Stalin → Karl Marx → Vladimir Lenin →
militaryRank	Commander-in-chief of the People’s Liberation Army →
movement	Chinese Communist movement → Chinese Revolution →
nativeLanguage	Chinese →
notableFor	developing Maoism → founding the People’s Republic of China → launching the Great Leap Forward → leading the Chinese Communist Party → leading the Cultural Revolution →
notableWork	On Contradiction → On Guerrilla Warfare → On Practice → On Protracted War → Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung →
numberOfChildren	at least 9 →
officeStart	1949-10-01 →
politicalParty	Chinese Communist Party →
positionHeld	Chairman of the Central Military Commission → Chairman of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China → Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party → Chairman of the People’s Republic of China →
religion	atheism →
residence	Zhongnanhai, Beijing →
roleInEvent	initiator of the Cultural Revolution → initiator of the Great Leap Forward → leader in the Chinese Civil War → leader in the Chinese Communist Revolution → leader in the Long March → leader in the Second Sino-Japanese War →
signature	Mao Zedong signature →
spouse	He Zizhen → Jiang Qing → Yang Kaihui →

Referenced by (127)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
In Memory of Norman Bethune → Little Red Book → On Contradiction → On Guerrilla Warfare → On New Democracy → On Practice → On Protracted War → Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung → Selected Works of Mao Zedong →	author
Chen Yi → Deng Xiaoping → Huey P. Newton → Jiang Qing → Lin Biao → Liu Shaoqi → Marxism–Leninism–Maoism → Nepalese Maoist movement →	influencedBy
Cai Hesen → Gang of Four → He Zizhen → Little Red Book → Serve the People → South Hall →	associatedWith
Friedrich Engels → Friedrich Engels → Joseph Stalin → Karl Marx → Li Dazhao → Vladimir Lenin →	influenced
He Zizhen → Jiang Qing → Lan Ping → Li Shumeng → Li Yunhe → Yang Kaihui →	spouse
Li Min → Li Na → Mao Anqing → Mao Anqing → Mao Anying →	father
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong → North Hall → South Hall →	dedicatedTo
Mao Anqing ("Mao") → Mao Anying ("Mao") → Mao Zedong ("Mao") →	familyName
Li Min → Li Na → Mao Anying →	hasRelative
Chinese Revolution → Cultural Revolution → Great Leap Forward policies →	leader
Mao Zedong ("Chairman Mao") → Mao Zedong ("Mao Tse-tung") →	alsoKnownAs
Hunan Province → Yan'an →	associatedWithPerson
Sino-Indian War → Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) →	commander
Communist Party of the Philippines → Red Guards →	inspiredBy
Chinese Revolution → First United Front →	keyFigure
Mao Anqing → Mao Zetan →	notableRelative
Chinese Soviet Republic → Xin Si Jun →	politicalLeader
Deng Xiaoping ("Mao Zedong (as paramount leader)") → Liu Shaoqi ("Mao Zedong (as President of the PRC)") →	predecessor
Mao Zemin → Mao Zetan →	sibling
Zhou Enlai → Zhu De →	workedWith
Years of Renewal →	aboutPerson
Zhu De →	allianceWith
Lushan Conference of 1959 →	attendee
Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing Empire →	birthplaceOf
Mausoleum of Mao Zedong →	burialPlaceOf
Lushan Conference of 1959 →	chairedBy
Lin Biao →	closeAllyOf
Xiao Zisheng →	closeAssociate
He Shuheng →	closeAssociateOf
Peng Dehuai →	closeColleagueOf
Long March ("Mao Zedong gained de facto military leadership of the Red Army") →	consequence
Selected Works of Mao Zedong →	containsWorkBy
Mao (series) →	depicts
Maoism →	developedBy
Red Guards →	encouragedBy
Renminbi banknotes →	faceOf100YuanNote
Renminbi banknotes →	faceOf10YuanNote
Renminbi banknotes →	faceOf1YuanNote
Renminbi banknotes →	faceOf20YuanNote
Renminbi banknotes →	faceOf50YuanNote
Renminbi banknotes →	faceOf5YuanNote
President of China →	firstOfficeHolder
Second United Front →	formedUnderLeader
Chinese Marxism →	formulatedBy
China →	founder
Mao Zedong →	fullName
Mao Zedong ("Zedong") →	givenName
Chinese Civil War (early phase) →	hasCommander
Mao Zedong family →	hasHeadOfFamily
Hunan First Normal School →	hasNotableAlumnus
Shaoshan →	hasNotablePerson
Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing Empire →	hasNotableResident
Chinese Soviet Republic →	headOfState
Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge →	inauguratedBy
Cultural Revolution →	initiatedBy
Monument to the People's Heroes →	inscriptionBy
Monument to the People's Heroes →	inscriptionCalligraphyBy
Second United Front →	involves
Long March →	keyLeader
Renminbi banknotes →	mainPortrait
Jiang Qing →	marriedTo
Li Min ("Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong") →	notableFamilyConnection
Chinese Communist Party forces →	notableLeader
Mao Zedong family →	notableMember
Chiang Kai-shek →	opposedBy
War of Liberation →	opposingCommander
Xi’an Incident →	participant
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army →	politicalCommissar
White House Years →	portrays
Chinese nationalism →	promotedBy
New Fourth Army Incident →	significantPerson
Gang of Four →	supportedBy
Red Guards →	supportedLeader
Mao II →	titleDerivedFrom
Renminbi banknotes →	usesPortraitOf