Essential works by Mao Zedong
Some collections of works
Some of these are also linked down below as individual texts
Five Essays on Philosophy (!!)
A Critique of Soviet Economics (!!)
- Reading Notes on the Soviet Text Political Economy
- Concerning Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR
- Critique of Stalin's Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR
http://www.marx2mao.com/Mao/CSE58.html
Selected Military Writings of Mao Zedong
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/military-writings/
The Five Golden Rays is composed of five short articles:
These articles were written by Comrade Mao Zedong during the period when the Chinese people were advancing their National Democratic Revolution under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
- Serve the People
- In Memory of Comrade Norman Bethune
- The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains
- Combat Liberalism
- On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/S22-Activist-Study-ARAK-11th-Printing.pdf
The Main List
Based on the PCP's study plan for training it's “Mariátegui intellectual center” https://edicionesbandera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Esquema-para-el-estudio-del-maxismo.pdf and other recommendations by various comrades
- On Contradiction https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm
- On Practice https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_16.htm
- Where do correct ideas come from? https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-9/mswv9_01.htm
Reform Our Study [specifically chapters I. and III.] https://www.marxists.org/reference//archive//mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_02.htm
Our Study And The Current Situation https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_18.htm
Rectify the Party's style of work https://www.marxists.org/reference//archive//mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_06.htm
Combat Liberalism https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_03.htm
Some questions concerning methods of leadership https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_13.htm
The Chinese Revolution And The Chinese Communist Party https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_23.htm
The Question Of Independence And Initiative Within The United Front https://www.marxists.org/reference//archive//mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_11.htm
Current Problems Of Tactics In The Anti-Japanese United Front https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_34.htm
On Policy https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_37.htm
Introducing The Communist https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_20.htm
Problems Of Strategy In China's Revolutionary War [specifically chapter I.] https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_12.htm
Problems Of Strategy In Guerrilla War Against Japan https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_08.htm
On protracted War [Chapters Statement of the Problem; Why is it a Prolonged War?; The Three Stages of Prolonged War; War for Lasting Peace; Conscious Attitude in War; and War and Politics.] https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_09.htm
On Coalition Government [specifically chapter III.] https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_25.htm
Freely Expand The Anti-Japanese Forces And Resist The Onslaughts Of The Anti-communist Die-hards https://www.marxists.org/reference//archive//mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_35.htm
Quotations from Mao Zedong, most importantly chapters:
- 1. The Communist Party
- 2. Classes and Class Struggle
- 3. Socialism and Communism
- 5. War and Peace
- 6. Imperialism and All Reactionaries are Paper Tigers
- 8. People's War
- 9. The People's Army
- 10. Leadership of Party Committees
- 11. The Mass Line
- 12. Political Work
- 16. Education and the Training of Troops
- 23. Investigation and Study
- 25. Unity
- 28. Communists
- 29. Cadres
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/index.htm
Oppose book worship https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-6/mswv6_11.htm
Speech At The Chinese Communist Party's National Conference On Propaganda Work https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-5/mswv5_59.htm
On The Correct Handling Of Contradictions Among The People https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-5/mswv5_58.htm
Preface And Postscript To Rural Surveys https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-3/mswv3_01.htm
Analysis Of The Classes In Chinese Society https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_1.htm