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==History==

==History==

[[Image: Cultrev.jpg|left|thumb|250 px|A [[propaganda]] poster from the [[Cultural Revolution]], showing revolutionaries carrying ''Quotations'']]

[[Image: Cultrev.jpg|left|thumb|255 px|A [[propaganda]] poster from the [[Cultural Revolution]], showing revolutionaries carrying ''Quotations'']]

===Writing===

===Writing===

Mao began writing down his quotes in the early 1950s, although some sources suggest he was working on it as early as [[World War II]]. They were compiled by Mao and his closest compatriots during special retreats in the Wuyishan mountains. By 1956, it was converted to Simplified Characters, however it was not released to the Communist Party until several years later, shortly before the [[Cultural Revolution]].

Mao began writing down his quotes in the early 1950s, although some sources suggest he was working on it as early as [[World War II]]. They were compiled by Mao and his closest compatriots during special retreats in the Wuyishan mountains. By 1956, it was converted to Simplified Characters, however it was not released to the Communist Party until several years later, shortly before the [[Cultural Revolution]].