Chapter 26 Letter to Wen Yunchang[1]

(November 27, 1937) Brother Yunchang: Mo Liben[2] arrived, received the handwritten letter, and today received the detailed instruction on November 16th, which was inexplicably gratifying.The eighth aunt's parents passed away, and I am deeply saddened.Fortunately, all cousins ​​and sisters-in-law are still alive, which is a happy thing.The family is in a difficult situation. This is not the case of one family, but the majority of people in the whole country. The only way to survive is to work together as a group to drive out Japanese imperialism.My brother would like to come to work very well, but here we only have food and clothing, from the commander-in-chief down to the fireman, the treatment is the same, because our party only does things for the country, the nation, the toiling people, and sacrifices personal self-interest, so everyone is equal. no salary.If your brother's family is very tired, it is advisable to find a big or small errand outside to provide financial support, so it is not suitable to come here.The road is very far, and I can't send travel expenses.Establishing a military academy in Hunan is a very good plan, but it is difficult to implement it for the time being. Although I want to help my brother out of selfishness, it is difficult to achieve it.Previously, the public sent 20 yuan of travel expenses to Zhou Runfang, because she was the wife of the martyr Ze Tan [3] (Ze Tan was killed in Jiangxi the year before last), so the public sent this, and it was not my personal reason, please forgive me .I do something for the whole society, which includes my very respected and beloved natal family and all the poor people in my hometown. I miss my brothers, nephews and all the poor people in my hometown very much, but I can only use this method Help you, probably you already understand.

Even so, I want to communicate with my brother, cousins, nephews, and I think every word of your paper is happy. I wonder if you know the situation in Shaoshan? If so, please inform my relatives and friends in the countryside. If they are willing to correspond with me, I will be very happy.But please inform them not to come here to seek work, because there is no salary here. Is Mr. Liu Linsheng[4] still alive? Please send a letter of condolences to his old man. The Japanese imperialists are attacking aggressively. Our work is very stressful, but we are all happy and healthy. My health is better than the previous two years. Please comfort the brothers, sisters-in-law, nephews and children of the Tang family.He also told them that the victory of the Eighth Route Army was the victory of all of them, and used it to comfort everyone's hardships and hardships.

I wish the health of my brother and cousin! Mao Zedong 11th twenty-seventh According to the "Selected Letters of Mao Zedong" published by People's Publishing House in 1983. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] Wen Yunchang (1884-1961), a native of Xiangxiang, Hunan.Mao Zedong's cousin. [2] Mo Liben, namely Fang Ke, was born in 1918 in Taojiang, Hunan.At that time, he was a young man who was going to Yan'an from Changsha, Hunan. [3] Zetan, that is, Mao Zetan (1905-1935), born in Xiangtan, Hunan, the younger brother of Mao Zedong.During the Second Civil Revolutionary War, he served as the Secretary-General of the Central Bureau of the CPC Soviet Area and the commander of the Independent Division of the Central Soviet Area.Sacrifice in 1935.

[4] Liu Linsheng (1865-1949), a native of Xiangxiang, Hunan.Cousin of Mao Zedong and Wen Yunchang.