The total number of poems included in "Appreciation of the Complete Poems of Mao Zedong" exceeds all the collections of Mao Zedong's poems currently in circulation; its annotations are based on the most authoritative "Selected Poems of Mao Zedong" and "Collection of Mao Zedong's Poems", and a considerable number of revisions and additions have been made on this basis; after the annotations, it is supplemented by a serious examination of the background, content and manuscripts of the author's poems; finally, it is accompanied by appreciation texts by more than 70 well-known scholars.
The whole book presents readers with a three-dimensional and comprehensive view of Mao Zedong's poetry.