毛泽东非但没有写过什么自述、自传之类,而且在他的体制下,领导人的家世背景、身体状况、生活习性等等都是党的机密。人民出版社一九九三年初版、一九九六年增订再版的《毛泽东自述》,其实是毛几次接受西方记者的采访问答。其中最个人化的是一九三六年与美国记者斯诺的谈话,早已因《西行漫记》而广为人知。 Mao Zedong not only wrote no self-reports, autobiographies and the like, but under his system, the background of his family background, physical condition, habits and so on are all party secrets. The first edition of the People’s Publishing House, which was first published in 1993, and the second edition of the 1996 edition of Mao Zedong’s Self-Introduction, actually asked Mao several times for interviews and interviews with western reporters. The most personal of these was the remark that was made in 1936 to the reporter Snow of the United States, which has long been known for his “journey to the west.”