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The global dissemination of the revolutionary ideas of Mao Zedong has recently been the subject of much research. This includes study of the history of translation, dissemination, publication and reception of Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (the 'Little Red Book') as well as the Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung. 2 However, a small collection of writings by Mao that also exerted a substantial and lasting influence on the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has thus far seemingly escaped scholarly scrutiny. The text in question is a collection of Mao's short essays entitled Lao wupian 老五篇 ('Five Old Articles ', 1967) that was printed in English as Five Articles in 1968. 3 The first part of this chapter will give a general account of the origin, formation and constitution of this collection, which originally contained just three essays and was known 1 The authors are grateful to Jose Ma. Sison and Hersri Setiawan, without whose knowledge and insights this chapter would not be possible. The authors would also like to thank Carol Hau and Tom Talledo for their invaluable comments, ideas and references.

Author

Ramon Guillermo; Teo Marasigan; Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III; Dominic Sy

Publisher

ANU Press

Published

2022

Language

EN