Table Of ContentIndex 
"Academic  Conference  on  Mao  geois rightists",  193 
Zedong Thought, The,” 17  Bi Jianheng, 14, 24 
action, relationship to knowledge,  Biography  of Zu Yuanzang,  The, 
120-22,  136-37, 235-45.  See  106 
also Mao Zedong; Stalin, J.  bourgeoisie,  methodology  of, 
Advanced Research Group, 111  71-73, 139 
advancing waves, 204-06  bureaucracy (China), 67.  See also 
“affirmation and negation” 29-32  Mao Zedong Thought 
as  terminology  favoured  by 
Mao, 221-22, 228-29  Cai Hesen, 99, 101-02 
affirmation and negation, waves of,  Capital, 105-112 
210-14, 222, 224  Central Party Documents Research 
Ai Sigi, 24, 131, 162  Office, 15, 34 
"An outline for opposition  to ca-  Central Research Group, 111 
pitulation” (1939), 195  Chen Boda, 107 
"Analysis of the classes in Chinese  Chen Yun, 84 
society"  (1926),  109,  151-52,  Chinese Association  for the Study 
248, 256  of Theory and Practice in Mao 
annotations  made  by  Mao  on  Zedong Thought, 17 
philosophical  texts,  34-37,  Chinese Communist Party (CCP), 
126-43, 161-62  90: and creation of Chinese so- 
Anti-Dihring,  103-04,  105, 111,  cialism,  181;  formulation  of 
159, 226, 236  tasks  for, 65; and Left devia- 
"Beat back the attacks of the bour-  tion, 60-61; and Mao as teacher 
272
Index 
"Academic  Conference  on  Mao  geois rightists",  193 
Zedong Thought, The,” 17  Bi Jianheng, 14, 24 
action, relationship to knowledge,  Biography  of Zu Yuanzang,  The, 
120-22,  136-37, 235-45.  See  106 
also Mao Zedong; Stalin, J.  bourgeoisie,  methodology  of, 
Advanced Research Group, 111  71-73, 139 
advancing waves, 204-06  bureaucracy (China), 67.  See also 
“affirmation and negation” 29-32  Mao Zedong Thought 
as  terminology  favoured  by 
Mao, 221-22, 228-29  Cai Hesen, 99, 101-02 
affirmation and negation, waves of,  Capital, 105-112 
210-14, 222, 224  Central Party Documents Research 
Ai Sigi, 24, 131, 162  Office, 15, 34 
"An outline for opposition  to ca-  Central Research Group, 111 
pitulation” (1939), 195  Chen Boda, 107 
"Analysis of the classes in Chinese  Chen Yun, 84 
society"  (1926),  109,  151-52,  Chinese Association  for the Study 
248, 256  of Theory and Practice in Mao 
annotations  made  by  Mao  on  Zedong Thought, 17 
philosophical  texts,  34-37,  Chinese Communist Party (CCP), 
126-43, 161-62  90: and creation of Chinese so- 
Anti-Dihring,  103-04,  105, 111,  cialism,  181;  formulation  of 
159, 226, 236  tasks  for, 65; and Left devia- 
"Beat back the attacks of the bour-  tion, 60-61; and Mao as teacher 
272
INDEX  273 
and  Mao  as  teacher  within,  121-22; history of, 118-19; in- 
108-14;  and  Mao  Zedong  fluence  on  Mao's  philosophy, 
Thought,  4-6,  57-59,  64-68,  21-25, 119-25 
70, 81-83; "narrow empiricism"  class struggle: in Chinese society, 
as problem in, 150-55; paucity  72, 100; definition  of history 
of theory in early years of, 156-  as, 77; in Marxist philosophy, 
63;  Rectification  campaign  83-86; in socialist society, 72 
1942-44,  importance  for, 58,  Cohen, Arthur A., 147, 165n3 
112,  113,  163,  169;  and  the  Communist  Manifesto, 77, 82 
"Resolution"  (1981), 6-12, 18,  contradictions: analysis of, 172-73; 
27, 40-41; and resolving con-  antagonistic,  172, 179; concept 
tradictions,  182;  Seventh  of, in Soviet texts, 132-39; dis- 
Congress of, 57-59; and sinifi-  equilibrium as feature of, 177; 
cation  of Marxism-Leninism,  Mao  on,  22,  26,  124,  135, 
88-90;  Sixth  Plenum  of the  138-39,  143,  171-85;  non-an- 
Eleventh  Central  Committee,  tagonistic,  177,  179,  184-85; 
7, 12, 18, 27, 40-41, 169, 251,  non-principal,  138, 178; partic- 
255;  Third  Plenum  of  the  ularity of, 39, 138,  171,  176- 
Eleventh  Central  Committee,  79,  181;  principal,  39,  138, 
6, 59, 64, 181-82  171,  178-79;  resolution  of, 
Chinese  revolution,  59,  67-68,  142-43,  172-73,  181,  197;  in 
113,  118,  179;  Chinese  socialist  society,  176-77,  180- 
Marxist response to, 75-76, 90-  81;  universality  of, 39,  138, 
92, 97; Mao  and,  26, 75-76,  171,  175-79,  181.  See  also 
80-82,  87,  91-93,  99,  105,  "On Contradiction" 
107,  114, 118,  135, 138,  151,  "Co-operative  transformation  of 
169, 192, 206, 208, 219, 255;  agriculture, The" (1955), 203 
nature of, 88-89  co-operativisation, Mao on rate of, 
"Chinese  Revolution  and  the  203 
Chinese  Communist  Party,  Course on Dialectical Materialism, 
The" (1939), 202, 207  A, 39,  127-28,  130,  132-38, 
"Chinese  subjectivism",  criticism  141, 160-61 
of, 130,  134.  See  also  Mao  Cultural  Revolution,  7-8,  10, 19, 
Zedong; subjectivism  30, 61, 64-66, 80, 214 
Chinese traditional philosophy: ac- 
tion/knowledge  in,  120-21,  "Debate on the co-operative trans- 
136; aphorisms from, as influ-  formation of agriculture and the 
ence on Mao, 122-23; dialecti-  current  class  struggle,  The" 
cal materialism  as applied to,  (1955), 203-04
274  INDEX 
Deng  Xiaoping,  6-7,  11, 42-43,  economic construction 
62,  67-68,  114,  173,  180,  equilibrium/disequilibrium  as 
189n29  feature of, 209 
Dialectical  and  Historical  "Economic  and  financial  prob- 
Materialism, 28, 128-29,  132,  lems", 124 
161, 235-37, 239, 241-44.  See  Elements  of Sociology,  129, 131, 
also Stalin, J.  140, 141, 161 
dialectical materialism, 62-63, 72,  Engels, Frederick, 10, 86, 88, 134, 
83, 87, 89, 96, 107, 119, 141,  141, 163-64,  168, 183; articles 
151,  169,  213;  as  basis  of  on China,  104; on change by 
Marxist  philosophy,  28,  33,  stages, 87; and characteristics of 
76-78,  92;  Mao  and,  27-33,  working  class,  85; on  episte- 
105,  108-14,  118,  121-22;  mology, 234, 236, 239; history 
Soviet  approach  to,  28; See  as  class  struggle,  77;  as 
also  dialectics;  Mao  Zedong  Marxist  philosopher,  82; and 
Philosophical Thought  negation  of the negation,  28, 
dialectics: contradictions as aspect  185, 191, 215, 225-27;  theory 
of, 171-85; and Engels, 28-29,  as basis of revolution, 89; three 
169-70;  Lenin  on,  168,  172;  laws of dialectics, 28-29 
Mao  on,  28-33,  170-87,  192,  epistemology;  Engels  and,  234, 
220-29; mutual transformation  236, 239; Gramsci on, 237-38; 
as aspect of, 29, 141-42,  171,  Lenin  on,  140,  234-37,  242; 
183-87,  215;  negation  of the  Lukacs  on,  238;  in  Marxist 
negation,  28-33,  141,  171,  philosophy,  85,  137, 234-35, 
185-87,  190-216,  220-29,  242; Mao Zedong and, 37-39, 
231n11;  three  major  laws  of,  93, 235,  239-45;  practice  as 
141-42,  170, 183, 188n2, 215-  category  of, 241-45;  relation- 
16,  222;  unity  of opposites,  ship of matter/spirit in, 241-44; 
142, 169-83, 222-23  Stalin and, 37-39, 235-45; three 
Dialectics of Nature (Engels), 28,  principles of, 236 
225  even waves, 206-09 
Documents  Research  Office  expansive waves, 200-01 
(DRO), 15-17  "Extracts from books read", 131 
dogmatism,  26, 62, 67,  80, 90, 
91,  93,  97,  105,  130,  157,  Feuerbach,  Ludwig,  10, 38, 77, 
169, 179, 234, 235, 244.  See  236, 238 
also Mao Zedong  Foucault, Michel, 45n5 
"Don't  hit out  in all directions"  four modernisations, 114, 184 
(1950), 202-03, 206
INDEX  275 
Gong  Yuzhi,  11,  15-16,  35-36,  Mao  studies, 4-6, 40-41;  and 
49n40  practice, 37-39, 128, 141, 172, 
Gramsci, Antonio, 38, 237-38  197-99, 239-45; Stalin and the 
Guo Jianniang, 9  process of, 235-45 
Gutian Congress, 153-54, 158-59 
Lao Zi, 22 
He Kaifeng, 163-64  Laws of dialectics.  See dialectics; 
He Zuorong, 219, 222-24  “Lecture notes on dialectical mate- 
Hegel, George,  10, 38, 169, 242;  rialism", 24, 162 
and Mao,  30-31,  77,  101-02;  Lenin,  V.,  93,  134,  138,  142, 
and negation  of the negation,  159,  163, 164, 183,  185, 215, 
224-25, 227-29; See also Mao  221,  229,  239;  and  abso- 
Zedong; negation of the nega-  lute/relative truth, 149; analysis 
tion  of contradictions,  172; and de- 
historical materialism, 21, 27, 62,  velopment  of Marxist  episte- 
66, 72, 87, 96, 98,  105,  107,  mology,  234-37,  242; and di- 
119; as basis  of Marxist  phi-  alectics,  140, 168,  172; as in- 
losophy, 76-77  fluence  on  Mao,  98-99,  103; 
Hu Weixiong, 33  and the Marxist political party, 
Hu Yicheng, 37-38  113;  on  the  negation  of the 
Hunan  Self-Study  University,  negation,  225-27;  and  the 
99-100  Russian  Revolution,  88,  90; 
and the unity of opposites, 168, 
Institute  of Marxism-Leninism-  170, 174; waging of philosoph- 
Mao Zedong Thought (Beijing),  ical struggles, 90 
15  Li Da, 140-42 
Institute  for  Research  on  Mao  Li Ji, 47n23, 55n91 
Zedong  Thought  (Chengdu),  Li Junru, 38-40 
13-14  Li Weihan, 101-03 
Institute  for Scientific  Socialism  Li Xueming, 48n31 
(Changsha), 14  Lin Biao, 60-61, 79, 172 
intermittent waves, 201-04  Lin Pu, 32 
Lin Yin, 32 
Kant, I., 237  Liu Rong, 10-11, 20-21 
Khrushchev, N., 66  Liu Shaogqi, 58, 78, 81-83 
Knight, Nick, 147-48  Lukacs, George, 38, 238 
knowledge; and action,  120; Mao 
and the process  of, 37-39, 86,  Mao Zedong: on action/knowledge, 
136-37, 221, 226; and power in  121-22,  136-37;  annotations
276  INDEX 
made  by,  on  philosophical  108-14, 158-64,  173; and unity 
texts,  34-37,  126-43,  161-62;  of opposites,  128-29,  170-83, 
on  China's  cultural  past,  107;  222-23,;  on wave-like  devel- 
China's rural areas, studies of,  opments,  30-33,  185-86,  199- 
151-52,  166n16;  and Chinese  209 
traditional philosophy,  121-25,  Mao  Zedong  Philosophical 
136; and contradictions, 22, 26,  Thought: academic associations 
124, 135, 138-39, 143, 171-85;  and study of, 16-17; characteris- 
criticism  of metaphysics,  124;  tics of, 25-27, 83, 86-93,  118, 
dialectical  materialism  in phi-  255-56;  and  Chinese 
losophy of, 105, 108-14,  118,  Revolution,  26, 75-76, 81-82, 
121-22,  124,  170; on  dogma-  87, 91-93, 99, 105, 107,  114, 
tism, 91, 169, 235; epistemol-  118, 255;  and Chinese  tradi- 
ogy  in philosophy  of, 8, 27,  tional philosophy, 21-25,  118- 
37-39,  124,  129, 239-45;  and  25, 136; as collective  wisdom 
Hegel,  101-03;  influence  of  of CCP, 81-83; conference on, 
Soviet texts on, 34-37, 132-39;  17-18; contents of, 26-27; defi- 
on  integration  of  _the-  nition of, 25, 70, 74-76, 81-82; 
ory/practice,  158-64;  Marxist  degree of intellectual autonomy 
intellectual  influences  on, 78,  in study of, 4-6; dialectics  as 
98, 101-08, 126-32; on Marxist  part  of, 27-33,  170-87,  222; 
methodology,  92-93;  as  differences  with Stalin's philo- 
Marxist philosopher, 9, 20-24,  sophical  writings, 37-40, 235- 
40-43, 86-92, 96-108,  158-64,  45; future study of, 40-43; his- 
216; on mutual transformation,  torical  shifts  in interpretation, 
29, 128,  184-87;  and “narrow  6-8,  18-19; as part of Marxist 
empiricism",  35, 150-55,  159;  philosophical  system,  20-25, 
on negation of the negation, 9,  76-78,  86-87,  91-93,  96-108; 
28-33,  141, 171, 185-87,  190-  and  modern  Chinese  philoso- 
216, 219-29,  231n11;  non-ac-  phy, 249-51; and the negation 
ceptance  of personal  views as  of the negation, 9, 28-33,  141, 
scientific,  10-11, 58-59, 62-63,  171, 185-87,  190-216, 219-29, 
79-83;  on  the proletariat,  73;  231n11; official as opposed to 
on  socialist  transformation,  personal theory,  10-11, 58-59, 
184-87; and Stalin, 37-40, 235,  62-63, 79-83; periodisation  in, 
238, 241-45; on the state,  195-  8-10;  publications  devoted  to 
96; on subjectivism, 26-27, 73-  study of, 14-16; quality of cri- 
74,  124,  130,  134,  153, 214;  tique of, 41-42; reality as ever- 
as teacher of Marxist ideology,  changing criteria for, 19-20; re-
INDEX  277 
lationship  to  other  Chinese  83-86,  92,  179,  234-40; 
philosophers, 251-55; research  Gramsci  on, 237-38;  relation- 
institutes studying,  13-16; sig-  ship  to  Mao  Zedong 
nificance of, 252; Soviet influ-  Philosophical  Thought, 74-81, 
ence on, 24, 34-40; universities  86-90;  sinification  of, 88-89, 
as centres  for studying,  12-13;  118, 122, 135, 157-58, 180 
wave-like development as fea-  mass line, 64, 154, 198.  See also 
ture of, 9, 30-33, 185-86,  199-  Mao Zedong Thought 
209  materialism, 21, 27-33, 62-63, 66, 
Mao Zedong Thought: on the bu-  72, 76-77, 83, 87, 89, 96, 105, 
reaucracy,  67;  its integration  107,  119,  121-27,  141,  161, 
with CCP, 4-6, 57-62, 64-68,  213.  See also dialectical mate- 
70; in Cultural  Revolution  pe-  rialism; historical materialism 
riod, 61; definition  of, 69-70,  methodology,  71-72,  81, 83, 87, 
75-76,  78-79;  development  91-92,  97,  114;  Mao  on 
since Third Plenum, 64-68; dis-  Marxist, 92-93 
tortions as problem for, 79-81;  modern Chinese philosophy, 249- 
historical shifts in approach to,  51 
6-8, 57-62;  and  Mao  Zedong  mutual  transformation,  29,  141- 
Philosophical  Thought, 75-76;  42, 171, 183-87, 215.  See also 
and  the  mass  line,  64,  154,  dialectics; Mao Zedong 
198; official as opposed to per- 
sonal theory, 10-11, 58-59, 62-  "narrow empiricism",  35, 150-55, 
63, 76-81;  and  "seeking  truth  164.  See  also  Mao  Zedong: 
from facts",  11-12, 18, 19, 26-  "On Practice" 
27, 41, 63-64,  68,  122,  154;  National Association for Research 
and  socialist  transformation,  into Mao Zedong Philosophical 
59-60, 66-68  Thought, 16-17 
Marx,  Karl,  10, 88, 89, 99, 104,  negation of the negation; attempted 
163,  164, 183, 215, 234, 236,  changes  in terminology,  222, 
239,  242;  and  articles  on  228-29;  and  evolutionary 
China,  105;  on  creation  of  changes  in societies,  222-23; 
Marxism, 84-86; and dialectical  Hegel  on,  224-25,  227,  229; 
materialism,  85,  168;  on  the  Mao on, 28-33, 141, 171, 185- 
negation of the negation, 225,  87, 190-216,  219-29,  231n11; 
227-28; on the proletariat,  84-  Marx and, 185, 225; in social- 
86;  and  unity  of opposites,  ist societies,  186-87,  223; tri- 
104-05  adic form of, 220-21, 223-26, 
Marxist philosophy;  basis of, 76,  228
278  INDEX 
negation waves, 210-14, 222, 224  "On the ten  major relationships" 
New Age, 99  (1956), 196, 211 
New People's Study Society,  100,  "One divides into two", 23 
110  "Oppose book worship", 109, 151, 
"On the Chungking negotiations”  154, 166n11 
(1945), 191  "Oppose stereotyped party writing" 
"On Contradiction” (1937), 22, 24,  (1942), 173 
34, 39, 92, 102-03,  106,  108,  "Our study and the current  situa- 
110, 112, 129, 142,  156, 162,  tion” (1944), 211-12 
165n3,  170-72,  194,  198;  in-  Outline  of Marxist  Philosophy, 
fluence of Soviet texts on, 132-  142 
39; publication history of, 144-  Outline of New Philosophy,  141 
48;  struggle/unity  theme  in, 
142-43  Peasant Questions, 152 
"On the correct handling of contra-  Peng Zenong, 32 
dictions  among  the  people"  Philosophical Annotations of Mao 
(1957), 60, 197, 208  Zedong,  The,  126-27,  130-32, 
"On new democracy” (1940), 210-  143; discussion of, 34-37 
11  philosophy:  class  basis,  83-86; 
On the Party, 58, 78  definition of, 70-71.  See also 
"On the people's democratic dicta-  viewpoint 
torship" (1949), 195-96  Philosophy and Life, 162 
"On Practice"  (1937), 24, 34, 83,  Philosophy Research Institute, 14 
92,  102,  106,  108,  121,  129,  power, as criterion in Mao studies, 
141,  162,  165n3,  197,  235,  4-6, 40-41 
239, 243; and controversy over  practice (praxis) 
"narrow  empiricism",  150-55,  and knowledge,  37-39,  128,  172, 
164; as example of Mao's epis-  197-99,  239-45;  Mao  on,  26, 
temology, 243-45; influence of  226,  242-45;  in Marxist  phi- 
Soviet  texts  on,  132-38,  139;  losophy,  85, 235;  Stalin  on, 
publication history of, 144-50  235-45 
"On protracted war"  (1938),  194-  "Problems  of strategy  in China's 
95, 205  revolutionary war" (1936), 193- 
"On  several  issues  regarding  the  94, 204-05 
system  of  the  philosophical  "Problems  of strategy in guerrilla 
thought  of Chairman  Mao",  war against Japan" (1938), 200 
248  proletariat: class nature of, 84-85; 
"On tactics against Japanese impe-  in Marxist philosophy,  76-77, 
rialism" (1935), 206-07  84-86; methodology of, 72-74
INDEX  279 
putschism,  153  129-30 
Seto Akira, 240 
Qu Qiubai, 252-55  Shi Zhongquan, 11, 15, 34 
"Sixty points on work  methods", 
Ran Changuang, 24  193, 221 
Rectification  Campaign,  58, 112,  Snow, Edgar, 101, 159 
113,  163.  See  also  Chinese  Socialism:  construction  of,  in 
Communist Party  China,  180-81,  184,  189n29; 
rectilineal negation, 214  contradictions in societies based 
reflection  theory,  37,  39,  236,  on,  175-77,  185; criticism  of 
239-40, 244  mistakes in, 66-67; and democ- 
"Reform our study” (1941), 111-12  racy, 66; Mao on negation in, 
"Report on an investigation of the  186-87; revolutionary changes 
peasant  movement  in Hunan"  in, 184-85;  unity of opposites 
(1927), 248, 256  in, 173-74 
Research on Mao Zedong Thought,  spiral form of development, 31-32, 
14  225-27 
"Resolution"  of Eleventh  Central  stand,  11, 64, 70, 72-74,  81, 87, 
Committee  (1981), 56n98, 86;  91, 92, 96, 114 
consequences of, 12, 18-19, 27;  Stalin,  J., 28, 66, 90,  163,  164, 
and  criticism  of  Mao,  7-8,  221, 229; creation  of an epis- 
18-20; on dialectical  material-  temology,  37-39, 235-42;  dif- 
ism,  27-28;  on  Mao  Zedong  ferences with Mao, 37-40, 241- 
Thought as individual creation,  45;  as  Marxist  philosopher, 
10-12;  periodisation  of Mao's  234-42;  reflection  theory,  37, 
thought in, 8-10; and "seeking  29,  242,  244;  and _ the- 
truth  from  facts",  5, 8, 11-12,  ory/practice 235-45 
19-20, 26-27  Studies on Marxism, 15 
"Resolution"  of  Ninth  Party  Su Shaozhi, 5, 15 
Congress  of the  Red  Fourth  subjectivism,  26-27,  73-74,  124, 
Army (1929), 153-54.  See also  130, 134, 153, 214.  See  also 
Gutian Congress  "Chinese  subjectivism";  Mao 
retreating waves, 204-06  Zedong 
Sun Kexin, 26 
"seeking  truth  from  facts",  5, 8, 
11-12,  19-20,  26-27,  63-64,  Takeuchi Minoru, 147 
122,  182.  See  also  Mao  "Talks  at a Conference  of secre- 
Zedong Thought; "Resolution"  taries of Provincial  Municipal 
Selected  Writings on Philosophy,  and Autonomous Region Party
280  INDEX 
Committees” (1957), 201  185-86, 199-209.  See also ad- 
"Talks on philosophy” (1965), 93  vancing  waves;  affirmation 
"Talks  on  questions  of philoso-  waves;  even waves; expansive 
phy” (1964), 215  waves; intermittent waves; Mao 
Theory Research Group, 15  Zedong; negation of the nega- 
Trends  in  Research  on  Mao  tion; retreating waves;  uneven 
Zedong’s  Philosophical  waves 
Thought, 14-15  "Why is it that red political power 
triadic form of negation; Hegel on,  can exist in China" (1928), 200 
224-25, 228; Mao on, 220-21,  "Win the masses  in their millions 
223-24, 226, 228  for the anti-Japanese  national 
united front” (1937), 205 
uneven waves, 206-09 
unity of opposites,  104, 128-129,  xiangfan-xiangcheng, 22 
168, 170, 174, 222-23, 170-83.  Xu Kun, 29-30 
See also Lenin;  Mao Zedong;  Xu Quanxing, 30-31 
Marx, Karl; socialism 
Yang  Chao,  13-14,  24,  31-32, 
Viewpoint,  11, 64, 70-72, 74, 76,  48n31 
81, 85, 87, 91, 92, 96,  114.  yin and yang, 22 
See also philosophy 
Zhang Dongxun, 106 
Wang  Ming,  79, 91,  104,  130,  Zhao Ziyang, 187 
154, 213  Zhou  Enlai,  78-79,  82, 83,  153, 
wave-like  development,  30-33,  247-48