Mao Tse-Tung

Mao was born in Shaoshan village, Hunan, China, on December 26, 1893. His father, Mao Yichang, was a farmer and a very strict disciplinarian. He and Tse-tung barely tolerated each other. Yichang was also very hard on Mao's two brothers and his adopted sister. As a boy, Tse-tung attended Shaoshan schools where the values of Confucianism were taught. At this time, Tse-tung practiced Buddhism.