Career
The National Assembly (Chinese: 國民大會. Pinyin: Guómín Dàhuì) refers to several parliamentary bodies that existed in the Republic of China at this time. Later on in his life, he was appointed as the head of the Jiangsu Civil Administration on Mainland China under the rule of the Republic of China.
He also served as Nationalist China Secretary of the Official Punishment Committee as well as the Secretary-General to the President of the Republic of China.
During his life, he also served as the Presidential National Policy Consultant and served as Nationalist Republic of China"s first Minister of the Ministry of Justice (Republic of China). The Chinese Civil War (1927-1949) forced the Nationalists to retreat to Taiwan after the victory of the Chinese Communists.
Mao stayed behind on the mainland, rather than relocate to Taiwan. In 1950, he was arrested by the Communist Party of China while in Shanghai.
In 1952, he died in prison as a result of a hunger strike in opposition to the Communists.