• The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them." - Meaning and context.">
Chapter 8, originally published in Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work (January 27, 1934), Selected Works, Vol. I. p. 147.
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革命战争是群众的战争,只有动员群众才能进行战争,只有依靠群众才能进行战争。(Gémìng zhànzhēng shì qúnzhòng de zhànzhēng, zhǐyǒu dòngyuán qúnzhòng cáinéng jìnxíng zhànzhēng, zhǐyǒu yīkào qúnzhòng cáinéng jìnxíng zhànzhēng.)
• The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them.

— Mao Zedong

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "革命战争是群众的战争,只有动员群众才能进行战争,只有依靠群众才能进行战争。(Gémìng zhànzhēng shì qúnzhòng de zhànzhēng, zhǐyǒu dòngyuán qúnzhòng cáinéng jìnxíng zhànzhēng, zhǐyǒu yīkào qúnzhòng cáinéng jìnxíng zhànzhēng.)
• The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them." in the context of "Chapter 8, originally published in Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work (January 27, 1934), Selected Works, Vol. I. p. 147." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong (or Mao Tse-tung in Wade-Giles; Simplified Chinese: 毛泽东; Traditional Chinese: 毛澤東; December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976) was the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1943 until his death. He was also a founder of the People's Republic of China.