《毛泽东选集》收入了毛泽东在中国新民主主义革命时期最主要、最有代表性的著作,这些著作集中体现了毛泽东思想。编辑毛选是一件严谨细致的大事,毛泽东亲自参加编辑工作,包括确定篇目、撰写部分题解和注释,并对一些文章作了重要订正。编辑毛选依据的版本是丰富多样的,从现存档案看,以手稿或修改件为依据版本的文章占比,随卷数的增加而增加。毛泽东是党内公认的学问家和文章大家,他一贯主张文章靠自己写作,反对他人代劳。毛泽东思想是一个严密而又科学的理论体系,毛选四卷中所收录的文章,就是构成这一理论体系的一根根“柱子”。从这些文章中,我们能够清晰地了解毛泽东思想形成、发展、丰富的全过程,体会到毛泽东对中国革命实践中的重大问题的深入思考和理论总结。 The Selected Works of Mao Zedong collected the most important and representative works of Mao Zedong during the period of China’s new-democratic revolution, which embodied Mao Zedong Thought. Editing the Mao election was a serious and meticulous event. Mao Zedong himself took part in the editorial work, including identifying topics, writing some explanations and notes, and making important revisions to some articles. Editors Mao Yanshan based on the version is rich and varied, from the existing archive to manuscripts or modifications as the basis for the version of the article accounted for, with the increase of the number of rolls increased. Mao Zedong is a widely recognized academic and author in the party, and he has always maintained that the article should be written by oneself and opposed to others. Mao Tse-tung’s thought is a rigorous and scientific theoretical system, and the articles contained in the four volumes of Mao Xuan’s election constitute the “pillar” of the theoretical system. From these articles, we can clearly understand the whole process of the formation, development and enrichment of Mao Zedong Thought and understand Mao Zedong’s deep thinking and theoretical summary of the major issues in the practice of the Chinese revolution.