1976年8月26日,重病在身的毛泽东在工作人员的搀扶下,来到自己的书房。他稍事休息了一下,就扫视着那书架上琳琅满目的书籍,提出要看一部书,这部书已跟随了他老人家30多年,不知已看过多少遍。工作人员一时没有从他那浩繁的书架上找到,便匆忙到北京图书馆借了一套。但毛泽东病情恶化,不能再看书了,不几天就与世长辞。 August 26, 1976, seriously ill in the body of Mao Zedong, with the help of staff, came to his study. After taking a brief break, he glanced at the many books on the shelves and proposed reading a book which had followed his elders for more than 30 years and wondered how many times they had seen it. Staff for a moment did not find from his vast shelves, they hurried to the Beijing Library borrowed a set. However, Mao Zedong’s condition deteriorated and he could no longer read books. He died in a matter of days.