–Mao Zedong, August 1, 1963 Good Eighth Company, famed far and wide.Why so glorified? Strong will abide.Serve the people, side by side,Decades with pride.Resist corruption, never hide,Pure, undefied.Thus named: Good Eighth Company, far and wide.
–Mao Zedong, Summer 1931 On Baiyun Peak, clouds rage as if to stand;Beneath Baiyun Hill, battle cries expand.Withered trunks and old stumps lend a hand.Steel forests press –Flying Generals descend from heaven’s span!