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'''''Quotations from Chairman Mao''''' ([[Simplified Chinese|Simplified]]: 毛主席语录; [[Traditional Chinese|Traditional]]: 毛主席語錄; [[Hanyu pinyin]]: Máo zhǔxí yǔlù) also known as the "'''Little Red Book'''" ([[Simplified Chinese|Simplified]]: 小红书; [[Traditional Chinese|Traditional]]: 小紅書; [[Hanyu pinyin]]: xiăohóngshū) was a collection of [[Mao Zedong]]'s quotes published by the [[People's Republic of China]]. Studying the book was a requirement to advance in colleges, the military, the bureaucracy, the science community, and most other fields. As a result, it was extremely common throughout China. People were encouraged to insert quotes into all written documents, even novels which were usually prefaced with a relevant quote.
==History==
The initial printing was only in Chinese. For the second printing, the Chinese Communist Party commissioned translations for distribution to foreign countries. By the last printing, it had been published in [[English]], [[Russian]], [[Spanish]], [[French]], [[German]] and [[Korean]].
Use of the quotes started to disappear in 1978 with the death of Mao Zedong. Chairman [[Deng Xiaoping ]] considered the use of the book to be an indicator of a cult of personality, and ordered all printing of it stopped. The final printing was in 1976. ===Today=== ''Quotations'' is still sometimes used by older party officials, mostly the later parts on education. In some colleges, it is studied along with the Communist Manifesto in philosophy courses. Copies in Chinese and English are regularly sold in tourist locations, especially Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
==Layout==
The format of ''Quotations '' is based on classic Chinese philosophy and history works, particularly [[Laozi ]] and [[Records of the Grand Historian]]. It is broadly divided into 4 parts, normally translated as Philosophy, Humanity, Worldliness and Enlightenment. The parts are further divided into 33 chapters, each containing quotes in a certain category to make them easy to find.
===Philosophy - 红日的哲学===
