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Letter to Mao Yuju

October 2, 1952

 

[Source: Selections from Mao Zedong's Letters, pp.446-447.]


My dear Yuju:[1]

Messers. Li and Zou[2] have come to the capital. I have [therefore] received the letter you sent [through them], and I thank you for your kind gift.

Mao Zelan[3] was written a letter to me expressing his grievances. His mother is not yet buried, and the fillness in his foot has not yet healed. I am hereby sending three million rmb,[4] one million is for Sixth Aunt's funeral costs and two million for the treatment of Zelian's illness. Please tell him not to come to the capital. He can go the Xiangya Hospital in Changsha for treatment. If they cannot cure the problem at Xiangya, nothing better can be done in Beijing.

I am also remitting another two million rmb for Zerong (Sunwu)[5] to help him out with household expenses. He sent me a letter to which I have not yet had the chance to respond. Please let him on my behalf that I will not be writing a separate letter.

I thank you for spending your energy in handling the above-mentioned matters and conveying my sentiments. I wish you health and well being.

 

Mao Zedong

October 2, 1952.

 

[P.S.]: This money is entirely from payments for my own writings: please tell them to use it sparingly.

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NOTES

 

  1. See "Letter to Mao Yuju", note 1. p.69 of this volume.
  2. This refers to Li Shuqing and Zou Puxun. See "Letter to Li Jichou of Shaoshan, Hunan"' note 2.p.25 of this volume and also "Letter to Mao Yuju" note 2. p. 69 of this volume.

  3. See "Letter to Mao Zelian and Mao Yuanti" note 1. p. 159 of this volume.

  4. This figure here is for the old renminbi (people's currency), which was in use in the "liberated areas" prior to 1949 and throughout the country from 1950 to March 1955. The new remminbi (rmb) was issued by the People's Bank of China on March 1, 1955 with a conversion rate of 10,000 old rmb yuan (or dollars) equivalent to one new rmb yuan.

  5. Mao Zerong is one of comrade Mao's first cousins. Sunwu (meaning "the diminutive no. 5") is a family nick name for Mao Zerong.


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