Kaysone Phomvihane's call for great men.

1970, Kaysone Phomvihane, General Secretary of Lao People's Revolutionary Party, came to Beijing to visit Mao Zedong. On July 7th, Mao Zedong met with Kaysone Phomvihane in the Great Hall of the People and expressed his support. During the talks, the two sides talked and laughed. Mao Zedong asked Kaysone Phomvihane: "I don't quite understand, how did the name Vientiane come from?" Vientiane here refers to the capital of Laos

Kaysone Phomvihane told Mao Zedong: "There are many elephants in Laos. In the past, when kings held celebrations, there were elephants. Especially the white elephant is the most expensive. "

Mao Zedong said happily, "You solved one of my problems today."

Next, Mao Zedong told a China classic with a strong Hunan accent. He said that there is an ancient book in China, called "The Record of Opening a Face", which was a joke book written by the Sui Dynasty. There is a joke that China lived in the Northern Dynasties and believed in Buddhism. Once at a Buddhist conference, a monk went to the altar to give a lecture. A man in the middle stood up and asked, what animals does Sakyamuni usually ride when he goes out? The monk replied: Sakyamuni sat on the Lotus Platform at home and went out to ride a white elephant. I didn't expect the questioner to say, no, you didn't understand the Buddhist scriptures at all. Sakyamuni rode a cow instead of an elephant when he went out. The Buddhist scripture says, "The sound and appearance are strange." Isn't "strange" riding an ox? The monk didn't laugh or cry when he heard this. He couldn't deal with this man. It turns out that in China's ancient books, "special" can refer to cattle. With this allusion, Mao Zedong burst into laughter.