 | scholars appointed to annotate these reprints and in this essay speculates on Mao's state of mind at the time. Other intriguing books and essays in this vein comment at length on Mao's penchant for classical histories and literature, and a few tentatively reflect on the issue of how his political style was affected by traditional statecraft. See, for example, Gong Yuzhi, Pang Xianzhi and Shi Zhongquan, eds.,
Mao Zedongde dushu shenghuo
; Li Rui,
Mao Zedong zaonian dushu shenghuo
; and Sun Baoyi,
Mao Zedongde dushu shengya.
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| 129. For details, see Zhu Yuan, "Mao Zedong zhenxiang qiaoqiao baoguangdalu Maorezhongde zhongyao zixun xuan," pp. 52-55; and Guan Weixun,
Wo suo renshide Ye Qun,
which portrays Lin as a victim of Mao's machinations. For an example of a Western academic work that utilized recent Mainland material, see Frederick C. Teiwes and Warren Sun,
The Tragedy of Lin Biao.
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| 130. In this context, see Thomas Scharping's useful observations on the new Mao books in the review essay "The Man, the Myth, the MessageNew Trends in Mao-Literature from China," p. 169.
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| 131. See Dmitri Volkogonov,
Lenin: A New Biography.
Volkogonov was a onetime Stalinist and colonel general and deputy head of the Political Administration of the Armed Forces who, availing himself of previously restricted archival material, produced a major and damning study of Lenin. See David Remnick,
Lenin's Tomb,
pp. 400-411; and Robert Conquest, "The Somber Monster," pp. 8-12.
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| 132. Xinhua News Agency, "False Biographies Are Now Forbidden."
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| 133. See A Yin and Ma Jian,
Mao Zedong zhi zi: Mao Anlong.
For the Hong Kong edition, see
Wo shi Mao Zedongde erzi.
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| 134. Scharping, "The Man, the Myth, the Message," pp. 178-79.
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| 135. Li Yanchun, "Mao's Family Members Brought Out of the Shadow," pp. 20-22. See also Scharping, "The Man, the Myth, the Message," pp. 169-70.
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| 136. Wang Xingjuan,
He Zizhende lu.
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| 137. See, in particular, the eleventh episode (
Lingxiu jiafeng
) of the CCTV documentary "Mao Zedong." For other pictures of this family, see Zhongguo zhaopian dang'anguan and Beijing Hangkong hangtian daxue, eds.,
Huainian,
pp. 125, 128, 133, 135, 136, 138, 139, and 142.
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| 138. Cheng Tong, "Zhongguo chulege Mao Zedong"; and Wei Wei, "Women, qidaizhe . . .," p. 3. A picture of the obese Mao Xinyu at a book signing for the series can be found in
Beijing qingnian bao,
6 September 1994.
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| 139. Cai Yongmei, "Maorede shangpinhua," p. 64.
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