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During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, there was a book that had as much power as the Bible, and in some situations, even more. What kind of book was it? How did it gain the unbelievable power? Who gave the book the power to control every single person in China during that time? On this site, I want to explore this little book, and what it was all about.

The book's official name should be "the Quotes of Chairman Mao," however, people always call it "Little Red Book." As in its name, this book is the collection of Mao's quotes. This book was edited by Lin Bao, who was once considered as Mao's successor. Lin edited the "little red" book to earn Mao's confidence, he wanted to stabilise his status in the Chinese Communist Party. During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, this red book was popularly used by the Little Red Guard, which created the cult of Mao. Although this book seems to have endless power, the content of the little red book was not significant at all. Mao's quote was not clear most of the time, and after the book became all powerful, people could easily get out of trouble simply by quote from the book to explain their false behaviour. This book was not the source of the happening of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, however, it was responded for lots of mad actions happened. After the Chinese Cultural Revolution ended, the power of the little red book became less than it used to be. However, since Mao is still the "hero" or "god" to many Chinese people's, the little red book still influences the society in China.