Chapter 40 Letter to Ding Ling and Ouyang Shan[1]

(July 1, 1944) Comrade Ding Ling and Ouyang Shan: It’s almost dawn, and your article[2] caused me to finish reading it in one sitting after taking a shower before going to bed. I celebrate the Chinese people and your new writing style! The cooperative society meeting asked me to speak[3], absolutely No material, no idea where to start.In addition to thanking you for your articles, I also want to know a little more. If possible, I would like to invite you to come to my place this afternoon or evening. Is it possible? salute! Mao Zedong early july 1st According to the "Selected Letters of Mao Zedong" published by People's Publishing House in 1983.

-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Ding Ling (1904-1986), a native of Linli, Hunan, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, served as the deputy director of the Cultural Association of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, and the editor of the Liberation Daily.Ouyang Shan, born in 1908 in Jiangling, Hubei, was the director of the Literature and Art Department of Yan'an Academia Sinica at that time. [2] Refers to "Tian Baolin" written by Ding Ling and "Living in the New Society" written by Ouyang Shan. The two articles introduced model figures in the cooperative work in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, published on June 30, 1944. Day "Liberation Daily".

[3] On July 3, 1944, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China entertained all the representatives attending the meeting of cooperatives in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region in the Yangjialing Central Auditorium. Mao Zedong attended the meeting and delivered a speech, expounding the principles and tasks of the cooperatives.