A little bit of theory | Yan'an's cave dwellings have a Marxist Leninist series | Theory | Cave dwellings
The first book of the new book series "A little bit of theory" recommended "Coming from Yan'an - How does the CPC rise from the crisis?"
In December 1940, Mao Zedong encouraged comrades who had returned from the front line to study at the Central Party School to get used to squatting in caves. Mao Zedong said, "It's unacceptable not to be used to squatting in caves. The caves in Yan'an are the most revolutionary, and they embody Marxism Leninism. The caves in Yan'an can command the anti Japanese struggle throughout the country." Mao Zedong also patiently explained, "Chiang Kai shek now lives more extravagantly than us, with western-style houses and electric lights, but the people of the whole country don't listen to him. Let's not look down on ourselves, don't look down on earthen caves. The hope of the whole nation is pinned on us, pinned on the earthen caves in Yan'an."