The Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention (Chinese: 三大纪律八项注意; pinyin: Sān dà jìlǜ bā xiàng zhùyì) is a military doctrine that was issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong and his associates to the Chinese Red Army during the Chinese Civil War. The contents vary slightly in different versions.

The Three Main Rules of Discipline are as follows: (1) Obey orders in all your actions. (2) Do not take a single needle piece of thread from the masses. (3) Turn in everything captured. The Eight Points for Attention are as follows: (1) Speak politely. (2) Pay fairly for what you buy. (3) Return everything you borrow.

In October 1947, Mao Zedong published a brief memorandum titled ‘On the Reissue of Three Rules and Eight Points for Attention’, which reminded the Red Army of their obligations towards civilians: Instruction of the General-Headquarters of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army

The Three Main Rules of Discipline and the Eight Points for Attention were a set of rules and guidance first set out by Mao for the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army during the Civil War (1927-1947).

In the spring of 1928, when the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was in the Chingkang Mountains, Comrade Mao Tse-tung set down Three Rules of Discipline: (1) Obey orders in your actions; (2) Don't take anything from the workers and peasants; and (3) Turn in all things taken from local bullies.

2024年5月12日 · Although Zhou Enlai held a higher position within the Party than Mao Zedong in the early stages of the revolutionary struggle, their positions were reversed after the Zunyi Conference of 1935, and Zhou, who decided to obey Mao during the Rectification Movement of 1942, assisted Mao as Prime Minister after the founding of the country.

Mao's regulations were revised by the General Headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in 1947 as follows: obey orders in all your actions, do not take a single needle or piece of thread from masses, and turn in everything captured.

the Vietnam War. Mao's regulations were revised by the General Headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in 1947 as follows: obey orders in all your actions, do not take a single needle or piece of thread from masses, and turn in everything captured. The "Eight Points for Attention" were revised to include the following: (1) speak ...

But Mao was sick of his father’s harsh treatment and refused to obey. In fact, Mao threatened to jump in the nearby pond and kill himself. Faced with this fierce resistance, Mao’s father gave in. They agreed: Mao would obey his father if his father would promise to stop beating him.

Since all of them claimed to represent Mao’s revolutionary line, Mao decided to let the Army intervene to support the Left against the Right. But who was left and who was right? The army leaders made a choice and repressed all those who did not obey them.