The Little Red Book (红宝书,Hóng bǎoshū, literally meaning "red treasure book") was a Sanskrit-to-Chinese translation of the ancient Indian volume on human sexual behaviour, Kama Sutra, by Chairman Mao The Doom (also, Mao Zedong) of the PRC (People's Relief Committee, a heavily underfunded organization in charge of the life and death of about half a billion Chinese people at the time). The official publication of the Little Red Book started in April 1964 by the PRC government.