Mao Zedong is a military strategist.
The Autumn Harvest Uprising was an insurrection that took place in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces , China , on September 7 , 1927 , led by Mao Zedong , who established a short-lived Hunan Soviet . Mao Zedong . His Marxist -- Leninist theories , military strategies , and political policies are collectively known as Maoism or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism . Mao adopted Marxism -- Leninism while working at Peking University and became a founding member of the Communist Party of China ( CPC ) , leading the Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927 . A controversial figure , Mao is regarded as one of the most important individuals in modern world history , and is also known as a theorist , military strategist , poet and visionary .