Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “[A]fter unleashing the Red Guards … to serve his political purposes, Mao Zedong was no longer able to control them.” ~ Nien Cheng [Yao Nien-Yuan 姚念媛] (1915 - 2009) Chinese author who recounted her harrowing experiences during the Cultural Revolution in her memoir 'Life and Death in Shanghai'Source: Life and Death in Shanghai, 1987