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Chen came into conflict with Mao Zedong in 1925 over Mao's essay " An Analysis of Classes in Chinese Society ".

Although Mao had been one of Chen's students, he had begun to question Chen's analyses of China.

While Chen believed that the focus of revolutionary struggle in China should primarily concern the workers, Mao had started to theorize about the primacy of the peasants.

According to Han Suyin in Mortal Flower, Chen " opposed the opinions expressed Mao's analysis, denied that a radical land policy and the vigorous organization of the rural areas under the Communist party was necessary, and refused the publication of the essay in the central executive organs of publicity.