In 1913, Mao Zedong was admitted to Hunan First Normal School in Changsha, Hunan Province with the first place. During his five years of teaching career and the turbulent times, especially in the struggle against Yuan Shikai's signing of the "Twenty-One Demands" to restore the monarchy, President Kong of the First Normal School was forced to flee to Japan. Faced with the cruel reality, Mao Zedong began to waver in his belief in saving the country through education and reformism!