Mao Zedong, Selected Quotations
Theme: Foundations · 12 sentences.
MAO-001 · Mao Zedong, Selected Quotations
S801 Directed authority originates in and grows from the weapon.
S802 Reactionaries present themselves as powerful; in reality they have no directed power.
S803 Revolution is not a pleasant event — it is an act of martial force.
S804 Act for the benefit of the collective people.
S805 Let many living things flourish; let many schools of thought engage one another.
S806 The collective people alone are the agents who produce world history.
S807 We do not want war; but from war and only from war does the abolition of war come.
S808 Direct your will; do not fear death; act against every obstacle; achieve victory.
S809 The guerrilla must move embedded within the people as a fish moves through the sea.
S810 Deliberate practice alone is the test that determines what is true.
S811 Without investigation, you have no right to speak.
S812 The whole situation is in chaos; the situation is excellent.
Batch Summary
| S# | Quote | Core claim | Structural notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| S801 | Power from the gun | go {ka-mu-ra}, wi-ra be |
ka-mu-ra first use; origin claim for wi-ra |
| S802 | Paper tigers | [ka-no-be-li] ne si [wi-ra] / la-ze ne no-wi-ra |
/ function 4: appearance/reality divergence |
| S803 | Revolution ≠ dinner party | ge-ki-ka-li-su ne no fa-vo / ne ka-ra |
ge-ki-ka-li-su first use; no [X] / [Y] first use |
| S804 | Serve the people | ka wi-vo lo-o-li |
Shortest MAO sentence; agentless imperative |
| S805 | Hundred flowers | be pu-zo ; zi-ka pu-to-su |
pu- quantity prefix first systematic use |
| S806 | People make history | ru-fe, la-o-li ka-be lo-pa-zo-li-ti-de |
pa-zo-li-ti-de first use; 3rd ru-fe, exclusive-agency |
| S807 | War through war | la-mi wi-no ka-ra / ke, go {ka-ra}, du {no-ka-ra} |
2nd ke, inside /; cross-register confirmation |
| S808 | Resolute will-chain | wi-ra ; no fa-ra lo-de-zo ; ka lo-a-de ; wi-du |
4-clause ; chain; a-de first use |
| S809 | Fish in the sea | se-de-li ne-fe ki ko {o-li} go-si zo-ki ki ko {pa-ki'ma} |
go-si simile-adverbial first use; pa-ki'ma first use |
| S810 | Practice as criterion | ru-fe, ka to-fe lo-to-ne-su |
to-fe as criterion-predicate |
| S811 | No investigation | go {no-se-ka}, no wi-fe lo-si-ki |
First go {no-X}, no Y negative-causal frame |
| S812 | Chaos + excellent | a-ne-su ne wi-no-su / su-ti ne vo-be |
/ as dialectical co-presence; vo-be cross-domain |
New W-entries: none.
Compositional first uses: ka-mu-ra (weapon, S801); ka-no-be-li (reactionary, S802); ge-ki-ka-li-su (revolution, S803); pu-zo / pu-to-su (many-X prefix pattern, S805); pa-zo-li-ti-de (world-history, S806); a-de (universal-difficulty, S808); pa-ki'ma (sea/liquid-place, S809); zo-ki (motion-organism/fish-proxy, S809).
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