Growing up in a Patriarchal society, this image of Mao represents the quintessential ideal of a "young man" who has been deeply cultivated by the values and traditions of then-China. We have seen this archetype before in Sun Yixian and Chiang Kai-Shek. Here, Mao Zedong is depicted as young revolutionary, a scholar, and a soldier -- all images that can be found in Chinese history books, magazines and newspapers.
