Looking back on their seizure of power, naturally Mao garnered the most credit, far more than Deng. But between 1949 and 1976, Mao became responsible for bringing chaos to the country, indicating that he was far more skilled at seizing power than governing with it.
以「打天下」而言，毛澤東的功績自然首屈一指，遠非鄧小平所能比擬，但一九四九至一九七六年之間毛澤東卻成為「天下大亂」的總根源，這說明他只能「打天下」而不能「治天下」。