spirit of yenan maoist ethics
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Spirit of Yenan Maoist Ethics. Yenan Spirit. Equality… no class distinctions Respect for the PEOPLE , not for superiors make peasants the agents of change SERVE THE PEOPLE!. Yenan Spirit. Anti-Confucius Serve the revolution, not the past Cooperation fight ‘self interest’ - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Spirit of YenanMaoist Ethics
Equality… no class distinctions
Respect for the PEOPLE, not for superiors◦make peasants the agents of change
◦SERVE THE PEOPLE!
Yenan Spirit
Anti-Confucius◦Serve the revolution, not the past
Cooperation◦fight ‘self interest’◦do not be private in thoughts and values
Yenan Spirit
Revolutionary idealism◦China CAN be changed!
◦desire to change the social and economic structures in China
◦deliberate modernization
Yenan Spirit
“The outstanding thing about China’s 600 million people is that they are ‘poor and blank’! This may be a bad thing, but in reality it is a good thing… on a blank sheet of paer free from any marks, the freshest and most beautiful charcters can be written, the freshest and most beautiful pictures can be printed.”
~ Mao Tse-tung, 1958
FamineLandPovertyEducationMedical careLack of industrializationDestruction of the country (due to wars)
Problems Facing the PRC in 1949
Five Guarantees◦food, housing, education, clothing, medical
“Walking on Two Legs”◦equality for men & women◦past serves the present◦agriculture AND industry
Solutions by Mao
Dependence on self (not the West)
Using communes◦The group is more important than the individual
Solutions by Mao
Anti:◦pest◦waste◦bureaucrats
◦cheating◦corruption
Mass Campaigns1949-1960
Quickwrite:
What ideals of leadership are revealed in this fictional account? (List several)
Reading: “The Model Official”
Mao’s attempt to:◦Let the masses plan development◦Decentralize development of agriculture and industry
Caused great destruction of land and environment…
NOT successful!
Great Leap Forward
Large group of intellectuals and scholars◦“let a hundred new ideas come forth…”
Criticism of communism began (and therefore Mao)◦Critics sent to ‘re-education camps’ (i.e. prison)
“Let a hundred flowers bloom”