毛泽东在探索中国革命道路的过程中作出了突出的贡献,实现了国家独立和人民解放,然而在晚年探索社会主义建设道路的过程中却偏离了正确的轨道。以邓小平为核心的第二代领导集体突破了毛泽东晚年的错误,使中国走向改革开放的新时代。 Mao Zedong made outstanding contributions in the process of exploring the road of Chinese revolution and realized the independence of the country and the liberation of the people. However, Mao Zedong deviated from the right track in his exploration of the socialist construction road in his later years. The second-generation leadership, with Deng Xiaoping as the core, broke through Mao Zedong’s mistakes in his later years and made China move toward a new era of reform and opening up.