The ulitimate concern is closely related to the matter of man's life and death. It is the basic means by which mankind gets above the opposition of life and death. All through his lifetime, Mao Ze-dong kept on speculating about the matter of life and death. And from his early years till his later years his basic state of mind and attitude toward life and death werein optimism and struggle despite some important difference intrinsically. Mao Ze-dong dispelled the sharp opposition of life and death by putting the matter under ultimate concern, wh...