Chapter 66 Advice on reading

(November 9, 1958) Comrades: This letter is sent to comrades who are members of the Party Committees at the four levels of the Central Committee, provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, prefectures, and counties. For nothing else but one thing: recommending two books to comrades.One, Stalin's "Socialist Economic Problems in the Soviet Union"; one, "Marx Engels on Communist Society" [1].Each person reads each book three times carefully, thinks as they read, and analyzes to find out which ones are correct (I think this is the main thing); , at some point, I am not very clear.When reading, three or five people form a group and discuss chapter by chapter. After two to three months, it is possible to read through.We should read these two books in connection with China's socialist economic revolution and economic construction, so that we can gain a clear head, so as to guide our great economic work.Many people now have a lot of confused thoughts, and reading these two books may clarify them.Some comrades who call themselves Marxist economists have been like this in recent months.They were Marxists when they read Marxist political economy, and when they encountered some specific problems in current economic practice, their Marxism was compromised.Now it is necessary to read and debate, in order to benefit all comrades.

For this purpose, I recommend that you read these two books.If you have time in the future, you can read another one, that is, the "Textbook of Political Economy" edited by comrades in the Soviet Union.Comrades at the township level can also read it if they are interested.During the period of the Great Leap Forward and the People’s Commune, I was most interested in reading this kind of books. What do you guys think? Mao Zedong was published in Zhengzhou on November 9, 1958, based on the "Selected Letters of Mao Zedong" published by People's Publishing House in 1983.

-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] "Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin on Communist Society" published by People's Publishing House in August 1958.