What you want to ask is what does Mao Zedong think is the origin of war? Mao Zedong believes that the origin of war lies in private ownership. In Mao Zedong's thought of world peace and its historical influence, Mao Zedong believes that the root of war lies in private ownership and the fundamental opposition between class and state interests based on private ownership. Mao Zedong (18931February 26, 976-1September 9, 976), whose real name was Runzhi (the original was Yong Zhi, later changed to Runzhi), took his pen name Zi Ren.