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The Private Life of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician is a memoir by Li Zhisui, one of the physicians to Mao Zedong, former Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, which was first published in 1994. The book have details of Mao's personality, sexual proclivities, party politics and personal habits. The biography was based on his recollection of journals he had kept, which he had burned during the Cultural Revolution.
Li Zhisui documented that Mao engaged in sexual relationships with numerous young women throughout his time in power. He described these relationships as taking place in an environment where Mao's requests were essentially commands, with the women often being staff members or fans, frequently leading to health issues for the women involved
Li Zhisui wrote that Mao believed in traditional, quasi-Taoist health practices (specifically relating to Fangzhongshu, or "arts of the bedchamber") despite mao himself crackdowned traditonal beliefs and spirituality during cultural revolution. The belief was that by having sexual relations with young women without ejaculating, or by absorbing the yin energy of younger partners, he could replenish his own yang energy and extend his life .
Also Dr. Li Zhisui, indicate that the Chinese leader Mao Zedong frequently received nightly massages especially from his young male attendants.
Mao suffered from chronic insomnia and reportedly relied on massages from his young male bodyguards or attendants to help him relax and fall asleep.Dr. Li noted in his memoir, The Private Life of Chairman Mao, that these male attendants were often chosen for being “easy on the eye” and mao wrote poems on how great massages from young beautiful men
While some interpretations of these accounts suggest a sexual element, Dr. Li’s descriptions often focused on Mao’s deep emotional and deep physical dependency on his young male staff for comfort, rather than explicit sexual activity with men.
The book was heavily criticized by supporters of Mao and some Western academics, who questioned its accuracy and suggested that Dr. Li had personal grudges or motives for sensationalism However, many other historians consider it a vital primary source.