《毛泽东自传》是美国记者斯诺于1936年到延安保安对毛泽东的采访后出版的。当时,毛泽东曾用很长时间,当面向斯诺谈了自己一生的经历。这是在毛泽东的一生中,唯一一次比较完整地讲述自己的经历。当时斯诺把自己的采访笔录与翻译吴黎平做了核对,毛泽东对此认可。半个多世纪来,《 “Autobiography of Mao Zedong” was published by U.S. reporter Snow in 1936 to Yan’an Security after an interview with Mao Zedong. At that time, Mao Zedong had spent a long time discussing his life experience with Snow. This is the only time in his life that Mao Tse-tung narrated his own experiences. At the time, Snow checked his interview transcript with Wu Liping, who recognized Mao. For more than half a century, "