“It is necessary to master Marxist theory and apply it, master it for the sole
purpose of applying it. If you can apply the Marxist-Leninist viewpoint in
elucidating one or two practical problems, you should be commended and
credited with some achievement. The more problems you elucidate and the
more comprehensively and profoundly you do so, the greater will be your
achievement.”
– Mao Zedong, “Rectify the Party’s Style of Work” (February 1, 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 38
The Communist Youth Organisation 