1912年春天,毛泽东考进长沙湖南省立中学校(后改为一中)。热衷于对文史知识的研读,并且经常向国文教员胡汝霖借书看。毛泽东在该校只读了半年即退学。他在这半年里以《商鞅徙木立信论》(题目下署名:“普通一班毛泽东”)为题的作文,是人们能够看到的毛泽东最早的文章,从中,可以了解一个19岁青年忧国忧民的心态。 In the spring of 1912, Mao Zedong was admitted to Changsha Hunan Provincial Middle School (later changed to a middle school). He is keen to study the knowledge of literature and history, and often reads books to the Chinese language teacher Hu Lanlin. Mao Zedong dropped out of the school after only six months. In the past six months, he wrote an essay titled “Comments on the Shangluo Li-li” (under the title: “An ordinary Mao Zedong”). This is Mao Zedong’s earliest article that one can see, from which one can understand a 19-year-old. The youth are worried about the country and the people.