The true value of this photograph is not that it captures two top leaders standing together. 这张照片之所以珍贵，不是因为它记录了两个最高领导人的合影，
而是因为它记录了一个人，如何用胆识和判断，提前走在时代前面，为后来的一切铺好了路。
重庆谈判的43天，毛泽东频繁露面，接触民主人士，接受采访，谈和平，谈建国，谈未来。他不急着拆穿对方，因为他知道，对方迟早会自己动手。而一旦对方先开枪，之前所有的镜头、文字、姿态，都会变成最锋利的证据。
结果战争果然爆发了，蒋介石率先动手，但是全国并没有出现光头预期中的“顺理成章”。相反，很多人开始意识到，共产党并不是不愿意和平，而是被逼无路。
Rather, it is because it documents how one man, through courage, foresight, and sound judgment, stayed ahead of his time and laid the groundwork for everything that followed.
During the 43 days of the Chongqing negotiations, Mao Zedong made frequent public appearances, met with democratic figures, gave interviews, and spoke about peace, nation-building, and the country’s future. He did not rush to expose his opponent because he believed the other side would eventually reveal its own intentions. And once the other side fired the first shot, all of those photographs, interviews, and public gestures would become powerful evidence.
As events unfolded, civil war did indeed break out, with Chiang Kai-shek launching the offensive first. However, the nationwide reaction was not the “natural and inevitable” outcome he had expected. Instead, many people came to believe that the Chinese Communist Party had not rejected peace, but had been left with no other choice.
Johnson Choi Biz 