"The 1,000-year-old Yuelu Academy is where Mao went to high school."
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Mao's Background
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At age eighteen, Mao joined the Guomindang (Nationalist) Army. Later, he heard of the communist revolution in the Soviet Union, which motivated him to pursue Communism. By 1921, Mao became one of the founders of the CCP.
"It was here that Mao began to experience the powerful revolutionary waves engulfing Chinese society. He read the works of nationalist reformers such as Kang Yuwei (Kang You-wei). He developed an admiration for the strong emperors in earlier periods of Chinese history and for certain Western statesmen including George Washington. Mao watched as China's last dynasty crumbled."
-Asia For Educators, Mao Zedong: Biographical and Political Profile