Complex sentence: Mao Zedong personal presided over his funeral arrangements to appeased the old guard who has supported him loyally over the years, it was Mao's last public appearance and his first appearance on anyone's funeral in the cultural revolution.
Split into simpler sentences: Mao Zedong personally presided over his funeral arrangements to appease the old guard who supported him loyally over the years. This was Mao's last public appearance and his first appearance at anyone's funeral during the Cultural Revolution.