^Glashow, Sheldon Lee. Theoretical Ideas About Charm and the Theory of Flavor Mixing. Proceedings of the Seventh Hawaii Topical Conference in Particle Physics (1977). University of Hawaii Press. 1978: 162–163 [2024-09-28](英语). Today, we are left with quarks and leptons as candidates for truly elementary particles. However, experiment has already revealed the existence of five kinds of quarks and five kinds of leptons. More are probably on their way. How many must we find before someone detects a sign of order, a clue to the existence of further structure not yet imagined? Is there another layer of the onion? Is there a common fundamental constituent of both quarks and leptons? Such a notion has been championed by many Chinese physicists. I would propose that these hypothetical building blocks of all matter be called ‘MAONS,’ to honor the late Chairman Mao who insisted upon the underlying unity of Nature.
^S. L. Glashow. 由陈家麟翻译. 更下一层次的基本粒子称为“毛粒子”. 世界科学译刊. 1979, (6): 68-69.