毛澤東的后宮佳麗陳惠敏|Mao Zedong

古代有兩個老農民暢想皇帝的奢華生活，一個說：“我想皇帝肯定天天吃白麵饃吃到飽！”另一個說：“不止不止，我想皇帝肯定下地都用的金鋤頭！”

抗戰中期，美國新聞記者組團前往延安，他們被共產黨人的精神氣質所鼓舞。回來後，他們對宋美齡感慨中國居然還有這樣一群積極上進，健康廉潔的人存在。宋美齡最後說了一句話：“我承認，也許你們說的都是真的，但是，那隻不過是因為他們還沒有嚐到真正權力的滋味。

When a number of journalists returned from Yenan with enthusiastic reports, she invited them to tea, though disbelieving, to hear what they had to say in person. After listening to their glowing tales of the Communists' integrity, idealism, and sacrifice for a cause, she said it was impossible for her to believe them. Walking to the window she stared out across the river in silence for several minutes and then turned back to the room and spoke the saddest sentence of her life". "If what you tell me about them is true, then I can only say they have never known real power."
----Stilwell and teh American Experience in China: 1911-1945, by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman

#歷史的迴響#毛澤東歷史