Li Ao was a very proud man who liked to criticize everyone, but he admired Chairman Mao very much, and I found that his understanding of Chairman Mao was still very profound.
Li Ao once praised Chairman Mao and said: Chairman Mao is a rare strategist at home and abroad in ancient and modern times, who has never been blinded by floating clouds and has never coveted small profits. Throughout his life, in any intricate form, he was always able to grab his opponent and hold his opponent's nose. So far, I have not found that he is led by his opponent, by his enemy, and this is the real strategist.
To sum it up in two words : initiative, justice!
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > first, the initiative</h1>
I also found these two points when I read the biographies of the great men and "Mao Xuan", and I will first talk about the problem of initiative.
When the great man was a child, in the "game" with his father, although he was in a weak position, he was good at finding "allies" and often had the support of his brother and mother. Later, in order to study outside, the great man successively invited his eighth uncle Wen Yuqing, his brother Mao Yuju, his cousin Mao Luzhong and his cousin Wang Jifan to persuade his father, and finally he grasped the initiative, defeated the strong with the weak, and chose to develop in the way he liked, so he chose to study instead of taking the road of business.
Going to school also has the initiative, and does not waste too much time on subjects that are not interested in and vulnerable, does not follow the school's subject arrangement, and does not follow the teacher's way of class, and learns in the way you like.
He focused on self-cultivation, philosophy, Chinese language, history, etc., did not want to spend too much energy on mathematics and art, and was said by the teacher that he did not change his focus on learning method, so that individuals did not obey backward social rules and grasped their own initiative.
Within the organization, there was no blind obedience to Chen Duxiu's tendency to the party, nor to the various arrangements of the Soviet Union, and not only to the strength of the workers but also to the strength of the peasants, and to choose the strategy of encircling the cities in the countryside. At first, others did not believe him and were ostracized, but with practical investigation and bold action of their own, they took the initiative and did not follow the tide.
The first four anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns in Jinggangshan were also a matter of turning passivity into initiative and using guerrilla warfare to divineize it. For example, in the first anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, Chiang Kai-shek's tactic was to "drive straight in for a long time and attack in a divided attack," while the great man used the principle of "luring the enemy to go deep" and concentrated all his forces to fight Chiang Kai-shek's divided enemy.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, "You fight yours, I beat mine", this is to grasp the initiative. The passive situation of defensive warfare on the inner front has been changed to external warfare in the inner line and offensive warfare in the defensive. The enemy as a whole divides its troops to surround us, and we concentrate our forces to encircle the weak enemy who divides the troops; this is a counter-encirclement, turning passivity into initiative, and winning the strong with the weak.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, out of consideration for their own interests, the Soviet Union signed the "Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance" with the Nationalist Government, and the US government also said that it would give military support to the Kuomintang.
Jiang thought that the great man did not dare to come, so he created a momentum in public opinion, and if there is a civil war in the future, it will be the fault of the great man, and he cannot blame Jiang. If it does come, you can force the great man to sign a treaty that benefits him.
At this time, the great man was in a very passive state, and he had always been good at turning passive into active great man, so he boldly went to Jiang's "Hongmen Feast" to expose their conspiracy. In this way, the initiative was regained in public opinion, on the side of justice, and required their own team to strike hard at the opponent during the negotiation, and the greater the victory, the more favorable the negotiation.
Later, in the three-way game between China and the United States and the Soviet Union, the great men were good at finding strength between them, occupying the initiative, and finding the greatest interests for the country in the intricate international.
The whole life of a great man is to be his true self, not to yield to any force, and to take the initiative throughout his life.
On the other hand, many of us lack initiative everywhere.
When I was a child, I was passive in the discipline of my parents; I liked to be a fan of whoever I was, I was attracted by the star design launched by capital, I was addicted to it, and my own passive influence on my own values was completely unknown; many voters in ancient times were manipulated by politicians and were in a passive state; addicted to games and novels, in the rules set by developers and authors for human nature...
The more I thought about it, the more I felt the greatness of the great man, the smallness of his own.
It's too hard to grasp the initiative in life, and it's too hard to be your true self. This is also a good explanation why Li Ao criticizes everyone, and everyone has a look of disobedience, but he admires great people.
Then I'll talk about justice!
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the values of justice</h1>
Justice is the noble character of a great man, which comes from the heart, and these three views determine his methodology, which is the treasure of a great man who wins the weak over the strong.
The ancients were very famous for their fighting, such as hanging a signboard like liangshan "for the Heavenly Path". The great man has a righteous character, so he likes to stand on the moral high ground when he fights.
At the beginning of the duel with Chiang Kai-shek, there were almost no advantages, weapons, military strength, economy, etc. were all disadvantages, so how to defeat the strong with the weak? The great men have a moral superiority, constantly propagating and overthrowing the three "big mountains" among the masses, running night schools on a large scale, beating up local tycoons to divide up the land, and carrying out the agrarian revolution, so that the peasants have land, which really makes ordinary peasants profitable.
We can find from the articles in "Mao Xuan" that articles such as "Caring for the Lives of the Masses and Paying Attention to Work Methods," "Studying and The Current Situation," and "Moving Mountains by FoolishNess" have repeatedly emphasized that everyone should "serve the people," and that public opinion and action have all sided with the majority of the people, and morally won the hearts and minds of the people.
Later, the anti-Japanese resistance began to have no advantages, and began to retreat, but the great man stood on the side of justice. He told everyone that the wars waged by the enemy are regressive and barbaric, that they are imperialist, backward and unjust wars. And we are just, we are progressive, and if we wait for a long time, when the three major united fronts are formed, the enemy will inevitably lead to defeat.
This kind of justice is a good character that great men have had since childhood!
When Chairman Mao was young, he wrote to a friend: There are three kinds of people in the world, those who harm others and benefit themselves, those who benefit themselves but do not harm others, and those who can harm themselves and benefit others, and their mother belongs to the third kind of people.
The behavior of his parents easily affected his children, and the mother of a great man had a great influence on him, which made him have a kind character from an early age.
To give an example:
The great man's father, Mao Shunsheng, was very shrewd, and before the pig price rose, he bought a pig at a neighbor's house and paid a deposit. One day Mao Shunsheng asked the great man to go and drive the pigs back, when the pig price had risen, the pig seller sighed and complained that he was unlucky, and the price of the pigs and pigs just sold went up. Nagging that it doesn't matter if the rich have a few dollars less, but for the poor it makes a big difference.
The kind great man listened to his mother-in-law's nagging and softened his heart, so he arbitrarily advocated returning the deposit to his mother-in-law and canceling the deal. When he returned home, of course, he was scolded by Mao Shunsheng.
As Li Ao said, the great man "never blinded his eyes by floating clouds, and never coveted small profits." Until his death, the remaining cash added up to only 10 yuan, and he also donated 1.24 million yuan to the state.
The spirit of justice and kindness of a great man and the spirit of serving the people wholeheartedly is worthy of the admiration of each and every one of us Chinese, and his spirit is also worth carrying forward.
Back to the beginning, the initiative and justice of great men are the magic weapons for victory. It's not just a methodology, it's an attitude towards life, it's values. We do not have such values, the methodology can not be well realized, the so-called three views determine the methodology.