Mao Zedong's and Deng Xiaoping's Different Applying of the Basic Property of Contradiction

Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping were masters of applying dialectics, but they laid different emphases on the applying of the basic property of contradiction.Mao Zedong laid particular emphasis on the unity of opposites from opposites and resolving contradictions with the struggle of contradictions.Deng Xiaoping focused on understanding a contradiction from the identity and resolving contradictions with the identity.