Chapter 29 Letter to Zang Kejia[1]

(January 12, 1957) Comrade Ke Jia and fellow comrades: Huishu has already been received, so sorry for the late reply! I will remember the old-style poems as instructed, together with the eight poems you sent, a total of 18 poems, copy and send them as attached paper, please add to the trial office. I have always been unwilling to publish these things officially, because they are in the old style, and I am afraid that the fallacies will be spread and confuse the young people;Since you think it can be published, and you can correct the typos of the few poems that have been copied, then let's do it according to your opinion.

"Poetry Magazine" is published, very good, I wish it growth and development.Poetry should of course be based on new poems, and some old poems can be written, but it should not be advocated among young people, because this genre constrains thinking and is not easy to learn.These words are for your reference only. Comrade salute! Mao Zedong January 12, 1957 According to the "Selected Letters of Mao Zedong" published by People's Publishing House in 1983. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Zang Kejia, born in 1905, is from Zhucheng, Shandong.At that time, he was the secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Writers Association and the editor-in-chief of "Poetry Magazine".