Led the Communist Party to victory in the civil war and founded the People's Republic of China in 1949, leading it until his death; he also launched the Cultural Revolution. His portrait hangs on 天安门 and is on renminbi notes.
Mao Zedong is a very important figure in modern Chinese history.
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His 泽 is a generation character from the Mao clan's naming line 祖恩贻泽远, which is why his brothers were 毛泽民 and 毛泽覃. With 东 'east', the name suggests 'blessing the East'.
