Mao Zedong's father arranged his marriage to a 17 year old girl at the age of only 14 in order to unite the two families. Mao never accepted the marriage and his wife Luo Yigu died in 1910.
Mao Zedong initially supported the National Party Kuomintang, which was led by Sun Yat-sen.
In 1918 Mao Zedong became a certified teacher.
Unable to find work as a teacher Mao Zedong moved to Beijing and worked as a librarian assistant at the university.
In 1921 Mao Zedong joined the Chinese Communist Party.
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For a few years the National Party and the Communist Party worked in cooperation, and Mao Zedong rose in the political ranks in the Communist Party.
When the leader of the National Party - the Chinese President Sun Yat-sen died in 1925, the new leader was not in favor of the Communist Party's ideas and tried to eradicate them.
The Chinese Civil War began and it continued until after World War II when Mao Zedong's Communist forces defeate