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–Mao Zedong, Spring 1964 Apes and men once bowed and took their leave;A few stones ground, our infancy weave.Furnaces flared with copper and steel’s bright sheen –When dawned that age? No guess is keen,But a thousand winters and summers green.
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– Mao Zedong · 1927 Our army is the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army,Our banner bears the sickle and axe.We shall not linger around Kuanglu,But march straight toward the land of Xiao and Xiang.
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Introduction: This article traces the rise and fall of the Wagang Rebellion against the Sui Dynasty. Starting as a peasant uprising, it grew into a powerful force under Zhai Rang and Li Mi, seizing granaries and besieging Luoyang. However, internal strife and the murder of Zhai Rang split the army, leading to its collapse…