Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan

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Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan is a 1927 essay by Mao Zedong analyzing and praising the revolutionary potential of Chinese peasants, which became foundational to the Chinese Communist Party’s rural-based strategy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese revolutionary document
Maoist text
political essay
advocates land reform
mobilization of peasants
violent struggle against feudal forces
aim justify radical peasant actions
persuade Communist and Kuomintang leaders of peasant importance
associatedWith Chinese Communist Party
Autumn Harvest Uprising
surface form: Hunan peasant associations
author Mao Zedong
canonicalStatus classic document of Chinese Communist history
foundational text of Maoism
countryOfOrigin China
criticizes conservative elements in the Kuomintang
landlord class
rural gentry
focusesOnRegion Hunan Province
genre investigative report
political analysis
historicalContext Chinese Revolution
First United Front
surface form: First United Front period

pre–Chinese Civil War era
ideology Maoism
Marxism–Leninism
surface form: Marxism-Leninism
influenced Chinese Communist Party rural-based strategy
Chinese land reform policies
Maoist theory of protracted people’s war
keyConcept alliance of workers and peasants
overthrow of feudalism
peasants as main force of revolution
surrounding the cities from the countryside
method field investigation
interviews with peasants
movement Chinese Revolution
surface form: Chinese Communist movement
originalLanguage Chinese
politicalPosition revolutionary socialism
publicationDate March 1927
publicationYear 1927
publisher Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
surface form: Chinese Communist Party press
subject Chinese Communist Party rural strategy
Chinese peasantry
agrarian revolution
class struggle in rural China
peasant movement in Hunan
revolutionary potential of peasants
supports peasant-led revolution
timeOfInvestigation early 1927
writtenByRole Mao Zedong as a Communist organizer

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Autumn Harvest Uprising associatedWith Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan
this entity surface form: Hunan peasant movement
Peng Pai movement Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan
this entity surface form: Chinese peasant movement
Zhang Guotao movement Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan
this entity surface form: Chinese peasant movement