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Volumn , Issue 186, 2006, Pages 421-445

Mao Zedong and the famine of 1959-1960: A study in wilfulness

(1)  Bernstein, Thomas P a  

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FAMINE; FOOD POLICY; HISTORY; IDEOLOGY; STARVATION;

EID: 33745962105     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741006000221     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (55)

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    • For the role of mess halls in creating a wasteful "tragedy of the commons," thereby causing famine, see especially ch. 2
    • For the role of mess halls in creating a wasteful "tragedy of the commons," thereby causing famine, see Yang, Calamity, especially ch. 2.
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    • Ralph Thaxton's ground-breaking research in Anhui and Henan is shedding new light on the brutal struggle over subsistence and of the cruel treatment of peasants, which Thaxton believes significantly raised the death rate.
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    • Published by Zhonggong zhongyang wenxian yanjiu shi (eds.) (Beijing: Zhonggong zhongyang wenxian yanjiu shi, 1987 ff). For an analysis of this collection, see Frederick C. Teiwes, "Mao texts and the Mao of the 1950s," Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, No. 33 (1995), pp. 128-149.
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    • The first of the three collections was published by Renmin chubanshe, Beijing, 1998; the second by Zhongyang wenxian chubanshe, Beijing, Vols. 12 and 13 in 1996 and Vol. 14 in 1997; and the third, by Zhonggong zhongyang dangxiao chubanshe in 1993
    • The first of the three collections was published by Renmin chubanshe, Beijing, 1998; the second by Zhongyang wenxian chubanshe, Beijing, Vols. 12 and 13 in 1996 and Vol. 14 in 1997; and the third, by Zhonggong zhongyang dangxiao chubanshe in 1993.
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    • Mao Zedong zhuan, 1949-1956
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    • Peng Xianzhi and Jin Chongji (eds.), Mao Zedong zhuan, 1949-1956, 2 volumes (Beijing: Zhongyang wenxian chubanshe, 2003) I am indebted to Professor Roderick MacFarquhar for informing me about this source.
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    • and Mao wengao, Vol. 7, p. 436.
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 7, pp. 530-31.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.7 , pp. 530-531
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    • Ibid pp. 584-86
    • Mao Wengao , vol.7 , pp. 584-586
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    • and Mao Zedong wenji, Vol. 7, pp. 451-472.
    • Mao Zedong Wenji , vol.7 , pp. 451-472
  • 22
    • 33745942770 scopus 로고    scopus 로고
    • with the two preceding documents
    • Compare Mao zhuan, pp. 904-905 with the two preceding documents.
    • Compare Mao Zhuan , pp. 904-905
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    • 33745961566 scopus 로고    scopus 로고
    • See nn. 13 and 14
    • See nn. 13 and 14.
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    • Mao zhuan, p. 905;
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 905
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 7, pp. 584-85.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.7 , pp. 584-585
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    • See
    • See Mao nianpu, p. 446,
    • Mao Nianpu , pp. 446
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    • Mao speaks of 5 million people suffering from edema (500 wanren hai fuzhong). (Taibei: Zhonghua minguo guoji guanxi yanjiusuo) Mao says that "there will certainly be X ten thousands of cases (yiding yao X wan ren (defu) zhongbing),"
    • Mao speaks of 5 million people suffering from edema (500 wanren hai fuzhong). In Mao Zedong sixiang wansui (Long Live Mao Zedong Thought) (Taibei: Zhonghua minguo guoji guanxi yanjiusuo, 1974), Mao says that "there will certainly be X ten thousands of cases (yiding yao X wan ren (defu) zhongbing)," p. 278.
    • (1974) Mao Zedong Sixiang Wansui (Long Live Mao Zedong Thought) , pp. 278
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    • Mao zhuan, p. 943
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 943
  • 29
    • 33745956487 scopus 로고    scopus 로고
    • and Mao wengao, Vol. 8, p. 209.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 209
  • 30
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    • Mao zhuan, pp. 943-44;
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 943-944
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 8, p. 226.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 226
  • 32
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    • For a full scale account, see
    • For a full scale account, see MacFarquhar, Origins, Vol. 2, Part 2.
    • Origins , vol.2 , Issue.PART 2
    • MacFarquhar1
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    • Mao zhuan, pp. 915-17.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 915-917
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    • and 922
    • Mao zhuan, pp. 917 and 922.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 917
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    • The term "bombshell" is quoted from the diary of Wang Renzhong, then Hubei's first Party secretary
    • Mao zhuan, pp. 920-21. The term "bombshell" is quoted from the diary of Wang Renzhong, then Hubei's first Party secretary.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 920-921
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    • Mao zhuan, p. 944.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 944
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    • The version in Mao wengao, Vol. 8, pp. 243 242, does not include exhortations to disobey higher levels
    • Mao zhuan, p. 945. The version in Mao wengao, Vol. 8, pp. 243 242, does not include exhortations to disobey higher levels.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 945
  • 42
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    • Mao added Party unity to the Lushan agenda
    • Mao wengao, pp. 331-32. Mao added Party unity to the Lushan agenda.
    • Mao Wengao , pp. 331-332
  • 43
    • 33745935259 scopus 로고    scopus 로고
    • Mao zhuan, pp. 965-96.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 965-996
  • 44
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    • Some participants strongly opposed these views
    • Mao wengao, p. 966. Some participants strongly opposed these views.
    • Mao Wengao , pp. 966
  • 45
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    • Mao wengao, p. 342.
    • Mao Wengao , pp. 342
  • 47
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    • Mao zhuan, p. 971;
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 971
  • 49
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    • Mao zhuan, pp. 975-76.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 975-976
  • 50
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    • see also (Beijing: Chunqiu chubanshe) (Record of the Lushan Conference)
    • see also Li Rui, Lushan huiyi shilu (Record of the Lushan Conference) (Beijing: Chunqiu chubanshe), p. 72.
    • Lushan Huiyi Shilu , pp. 72
    • Rui, L.1
  • 51
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    • "High noon at Lushan"
    • For a detailed analysis of the relations between Mao and Peng, see ch.10
    • For a detailed analysis of the relations between Mao and Peng, see MacFarquhar, Origins, Vol. 2, ch.10, "High noon at Lushan."
    • Origins , vol.2
    • MacFarquhar1
  • 52
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    • Mao zhuan, pp. 977-78.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 977-978
  • 55
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    • and Mao zhuan, p. 981.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 981
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    • Mao zhuan, p. 983.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 983
  • 58
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    • Ibid. pp. 984-88.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 984-988
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    • Ibid. p. 1010.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1010
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    • 16 August
    • Neibu cankao, No. 2848, 16 August 1959.
    • (1959) Neibu Cankao , Issue.2848
  • 61
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    • 25 August
    • Neibu cankao, No. 2854, 25 August 1959.
    • (1959) Neibu Cankao , Issue.2854
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    • 21 August
    • Neibu cankao, No. 2851, 21 August 1959.
    • (1959) Neibu Cankao , Issue.2851
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    • 9 September
    • Neibu cankao, No. 2866, 9 September 1959.
    • (1959) Neibu Cankao , Issue.2866
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    • 28 August
    • Neibu cankao, No. 2852, 28 August 1959
    • (1959) Neibu Cankao , Issue.2852
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    • 61, 179 and
    • MacFarquhar, Origins, Vol. 3, pp. 61, 179 and 206-207.
    • Origins , vol.3 , pp. 206-207
    • MacFarquhar1
  • 66
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    • Mao's explanation cannot of course stand up to scrutiny, if only because a veritable media blitz of anti-rightist agitation blanketed the country after Lushan
    • Mao Zedong wenji, Vol. 7, p. 273. Mao's explanation cannot of course stand up to scrutiny, if only because a veritable media blitz of anti-rightist agitation blanketed the country after Lushan.
    • Mao Zedong Wenji , vol.7 , pp. 273
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 8, pp. 415-16.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 415-416
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    • Ibid. pp. 431-33.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 431-433
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    • Ibid. pp. 554-55.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 554-555
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    • Ibid. pp. 639-640.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 639-640
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    • For Henan's struggle see
    • For Henan's struggle see ibid pp. 606-607.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 606-607
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    • Mao received numerous provincial reports on the anti-rightist campaign from various provinces in late summer and autumn 1959, which he usually praised
    • Mao wengao, Vol. 8, p. 425. Mao received numerous provincial reports on the anti-rightist campaign from various provinces in late summer and autumn 1959, which he usually praised.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 425
  • 73
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    • The book notes that this formulation was the origin of the Cultural Revolution concept of "grasping revolution and grasping production."
    • Mao zhuan, p. 1019. The book notes that this formulation was the origin of the Cultural Revolution concept of "grasping revolution and grasping production."
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1019
  • 74
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    • The book notes that this formulation was the origin of the Cultural Revolution concept of "grasping revolution and grasping production."
    • Ibid p. 1050.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1050
  • 75
  • 76
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    • and 495-94
    • Mao wengao, Vol. 8, pp. 479-480 and 495-94.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 479-480
  • 77
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    • Ibid pp. 529-530
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 529-530
  • 79
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 8, pp. 606-607.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 606-607
  • 80
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 8, pp. 625-26.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 625-626
  • 81
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    • In early 1961, Zhongyao xuanbian carried a document on the excess purchases. See Vol. 14, pp. 67ff
    • Mao Zedong sixiang wansui, pp. 431-32. In early 1961, Zhongyao xuanbian carried a document on the excess purchases. See Vol. 14, pp. 67ff.
    • Mao Zedong Sixiang Wansui , pp. 431-432
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    • For procurement and output statistics, see (New York: Columbia University Press), table 6.7
    • For procurement and output statistics, see Carl Riskin, China's Political Economy: The Quest for Development (New York: Columbia University Press), p. 137, table 6.7.
    • China's Political Economy: The Quest for Development , pp. 137
    • Riskin, C.1
  • 83
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    • Mao zhuan, p. 1081.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1081
  • 85
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    • Mao zhuan, pp. 1019-1020;
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1019-1020
  • 86
    • 33745959832 scopus 로고    scopus 로고
    • and 615
    • Mao wengao, Vol. 8, pp. 585-86 and 615.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 585-586
  • 87
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 8, pp. 628-29.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.8 , pp. 628-629
  • 88
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    • and 86-88. Mao clung to the widely detested mess halls until spring
    • Zhongyao xuanbian, Vol. 13, pp. 80 and 86-88. Mao clung to the widely detested mess halls until spring 1961.
    • (1961) Zhongyao Xuanbian , vol.13 , pp. 80
  • 89
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 9, pp. 44-46;
    • Mao Wengao , vol.9 , pp. 44-46
  • 90
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    • Mao zhuan, pp. 1057-58,
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1057-1058
  • 91
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    • and 80-89
    • and Zhongyao xuanbian, Vol. 13, pp. 43-51 and 80-89.
    • Zhongyao Xuanbian , vol.13 , pp. 43-51
  • 92
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 9, pp 52-53.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.9 , pp. 52-53
  • 93
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    • Ibid. pp. 52-53.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.9 , pp. 52-53
  • 94
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    • Mao zhuan, p. 1080;
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1080
  • 95
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    • Zhongyao xuanbian, Vol. 13, pp. 29-31.
    • Zhongyao Xuanbian , vol.13 , pp. 29-31
  • 96
    • 33745940978 scopus 로고    scopus 로고
    • especially p. 47
    • Zhongyao xuanbian, Vol. 13, pp. 45-51, especially p. 47.
    • Zhongyao Xuanbian , vol.13 , pp. 45-51
  • 98
    • 33745954994 scopus 로고    scopus 로고
    • and Mao zhuan, pp. 1053-57.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1053-1057
  • 99
    • 33745957853 scopus 로고    scopus 로고
    • Zhongyao xuanbian, Vol. 13, pp. 32-44;
    • Zhongyao Xuanbian , vol.13 , pp. 32-44
  • 100
    • 33745966320 scopus 로고    scopus 로고
    • Mao zhuan, p. 1056.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1056
  • 101
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 9, pp. 98-102.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.9 , pp. 98-102
  • 102
    • 33745966320 scopus 로고    scopus 로고
    • Mao zhuan, p. 1056.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1056
  • 103
  • 104
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 9, pp. 62-63.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.9 , pp. 62-63
  • 105
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    • See for Mao's comment and a summary of the Shandong report
    • See ibid. pp. 98-102 for Mao's comment and a summary of the Shandong report.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.9 , pp. 98-102
  • 107
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 9, pp. 118-19.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.9 , pp. 118-119
  • 108
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    • For see
    • For Shanxi, see Zhongyao xuanbian, Vol. 13, pp. 238-251
    • Zhongyao Xuanbian , vol.13 , pp. 238-251
    • Shanxi1
  • 109
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    • and Mao wengao, Vol. 9, pp. 134-36;
    • Mao Wengao , vol.9 , pp. 134-136
  • 110
    • 33745964018 scopus 로고    scopus 로고
    • for remarks on see
    • for remarks on Jiangsu, see Mao wengao, Vol. 9, pp. 125-26.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.9 , pp. 125-126
    • Jiangsu1
  • 111
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    • Mao zhuan, p. 1069.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1069
  • 112
    • 33745966899 scopus 로고    scopus 로고
    • Mao zhuan, pp. 1071-72.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1071-1072
  • 114
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    • Mao zhuan, pp. 1072-73.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1072-1073
  • 115
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    • Only in January 1961 did Mao call for intensive village-level investigations
    • Only in January 1961 did Mao call for intensive village-level investigations.
  • 116
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    • and 1081
    • Mao zhuan, pp. 1073 and 1081.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1073
  • 117
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    • Mao zhuan, p. 1087.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1087
  • 118
  • 119
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    • Mao zhuan, pp. 1097-98.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1097-1098
  • 120
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    • See Parts 1 and 2
    • See Macfarquhar, Origins, Vol. 3, Parts 1 and 2.
    • Origins , vol.3
    • Macfarquhar1
  • 121
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    • and 335
    • MacFarquhar, Origins, Vol. 2, pp. 293 and 335.
    • Origins , vol.2 , pp. 293
    • MacFarquhar1
  • 122
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    • Mao zhuan, p. 1073.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1073
  • 123
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    • Ibid. p. 1014.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1014
  • 124
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    • Ibid. p. 1019.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1019
  • 125
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    • Mao wengao, Vol. 9, pp. 64-65.
    • Mao Wengao , vol.9 , pp. 64-65
  • 126
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    • Mao zhuan, p. 1070.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1070
  • 127
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    • Mao zhuan,Ibid p. 1097.
    • Mao Zhuan , pp. 1097
  • 133
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    • "Zai Wuchang huiyi shang de jianghua"
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