毛泽东受李达的影响主要通过两条路径，一是阅读《共产党》月刊，另一就是关注当时理论界的论战。同时，李达的《社会学大纲》为毛泽东理解马克思主义理论提供了富有民族特色的新视角，并为毛泽东撰写《矛盾论》提供了理论中介。总之，李达对毛泽东早年向马克思主义者的转变和撰写“两论”，产生了重大的作用 Mao Tse-tung was influenced by Li Da mainly through two paths. One was to read the monthly “Communist Party” and the other was to pay attention to the controversy in the theoretical circles of that time. At the same time, Li Da’s “Outline of Sociology” provided a new perspective for Mao Zedong’s understanding of Marxist theory with rich national characteristics and provided a theoretical intermediary for Mao Zedong’s writing of “Contradiction Theory.” In short, Li Da played an important role in Mao’s transformation to the Marxists in the early years and the writing of the “two treatises”