1975 - 1978 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND RELIC OF MAO ZEDONG'S COMMUNIST PARTY HANDWRITTEN BY A NEWLY ENLISTED SOLDIER DETAILING HIS IMPRESSIONS, OBSERVATIONS AND INCULCATION IN MAO'S ARMY AND HIS SUCCESSFUL RETURN TO HIS VILLAGE AS MAO'S MAN

On offer is an exceptional, historically significant manuscript relic of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution being a diary handwritten by Xi Tao Fang started during his enlistment in the People's Liberation Army from 1975 to 1978. Xi Tao records and details his life in the military camp, impressions of the army and the strong encouragement by others: from his recruitment officer to the guards that he should "learn from Comrade Lei Feng" a person characterized and praised by Mao as selfless and modest who was devoted to the Communist Party. The slogan was often used in nationwide propaganda. The People's Liberation Army decided to grant him a probationary membership to the Communist Party. After three years, he agreed to become discharged and return to the place where he grew up, named Bao Ding, and was assigned to work at the local petroleum plant. He comments on the positive impacts of the years in the army-strenuous requirements, both physical and psychological, that have prepared him well for this position. Due to his exceptional performance at this position, he became formally recognized as a member of the Communist Party. In all there more than 200 pages, 10cm x 15cm and complete. Overall VG. ; Chinese Language; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, XI TAO FANG, GREAT PROLETARIAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION, CULTURAL REVOLUTION, CONFESSIONS, RECENT, ANTI SOCIALIST ACTIVITIES, ANTI CAPITALISM, MAO ZEDONG, MAO TSE TUNG, GREAT LEAP FORWARD, MAOIST, SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, MOVEMENT OF SUPPRESSING COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES, MIAO ZI YU, COMMUNIST, CHINE, CHINESE, SINO, POLITICS, JIANG QING, GRASSROOTS SOCIALISM, PROPAGANDA, POST FIVE YEAR PLAN, 5 YEAR PLAN, GANG OF 4, GANG OF FOUR, LIN BIAO, BEIJING, PENG, LUO, LU AND YANG, ZHONGFA 267, INDOCTRINATION, RED CHINA, CHAIRMAN MAO, MARXISM-LENINISM, CHINA, MAOISM, LIN YURONG, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, DIARY, JOURNAL, LOG, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, DIARIES, JOURNALS, LOGS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, manuscrito,