The East wind prevails over the West wind explained
| The East wind prevails over the West wind |
| Label1: | Chinese |
| Data1: | 东风压倒西风 |
| Label2: | Coined by |
| Data2: | Mao Zedong |
The East wind prevails over the West wind[1],[2] alternatively translated as the east wind overwhelms the west wind,[3] the East wind is prevailing over the West wind, or socialism will prevail over capitalism,[4] is a slogan coined by Mao Zedong[5] in the early 1950s, when he referred to the east wind as the socialist camp and the West wind as the Western capitalist societies.[6] The implication of this statement is that the forces of socialism have overwhelmingly surpassed the forces of imperialism.[7]
"The East wind prevails over the West wind" was borrowed by Mao Zedong from the classical novel Dream of the Red Chamber[8] in which Lin Daiyu said, "In all families, either the East Wind prevails over the West Wind, or the West Wind prevails over the East Wind".[9] In the book, East and West are not seen as representing different sets of beliefs or values.
Notes and References
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- Book: Ronald C. Keith. Diplomacy of Zhou Enlai. 18 June 1989. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 978-1-349-09890-3. 104–.
- Book: Fu Jin. A History of Chinese Theatre in the 20th Century III. 20 July 2021. Routledge. 978-1-00-038442-0. 173–.
- Book: Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique. 2006. Duke University Press. 15–.
- News: "East wind prevails over the West wind" Worries the West. BBC News. 2017-09-05.
- Book: Wang Xichang. Chinese slogan for a hundred years. 2006. Baihuazhou Literature and Art Press. 978-7-80647-524-9.
- Book: Janet Vinzant Denhardt. The New Public Service, Expanded Edition: Serving, Not Steering. 2007. M.E. Sharpe. 978-0-7656-2181-8. 89–.
- Book: Henry He. Dictionary of the Political Thought of the People's Republic of China. 22 July 2016. Routledge. 978-1-315-50043-0. 100–.
- Book: Gucheng Li. A Glossary of Political Terms of the People's Republic of China. 1995. Chinese University Press. 978-962-201-615-6. 69–.
