(March 12, 1939)

The Guomindang and the Communist Party should unite very well, and cooperate
for a long time to come!

The silence of the meeting hall was broken by thunderous applause, while the brilliant
lights shone on a sea of excited faces.

(Special to our paper) . . . The majestic "Internationale" and the national anthem provided
an ensemble combining the spirit of internationalism and the spirit of nationalism. After
Comrade Mo Wenhua, on behalf of the presidium, proclaimed the significance of this meeting, Comrade Mao Zedong strode onto the platform amidst enthusiastic applause.
He explained the significance of commemorating these two great revolutionary teachers, and on the basis of the Director General's testament, he explained the important thought
of Mr. Sun Yatsen' about arousing the popular masses to struggle together.

The Director General said in his testament that he had devoted himself to the
revolution for forty years and that these forty years had led to the following two
conclusions: (1) arouse the popular masses, and (2) unite with all those nations in
the world that treat us on an equal basis. Mr. Yatsen had a deep understanding of
the importance of arousing the popular masses and of the fact that without them
we cannot defeat imperialism. . . . Now Marxism and the Three People's Principles have been linked together, and, as regards arousing the popular masses and
uniting with all the nations in the world which treat us on an equal basis to reach
the goal of attaining freedom and equality for China, they are basically identical.

Our source for this text is Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 6, p. 29, where it is reproduced from
Xin Zhonghua bao, March 16, 1939.

1. Two points should be clarified here. First, Sun Yatsen's title, as leader of the
Guomindang, was zongli, normally translated "director general." When he died and was
replaced by Chiang Kaishek, Chiang was given a slightly different title because it was felt
that Sun was unique and no one could succeed him as the founder of the party. Consequently, throughout this edition, "the Director General" is capitalized wherever it occurs
and always refers to Sun even if his name is not mentioned. Second, Sun is, with Chiang,
one of the two persons who are known in this edition by the Cantonese form of their names.
In Sun's case, the matter is further complicated by the fact that he is rarely designated in
Chinese sources by his hao Yatsen (Yixian in standard pronunciation) but, rather, by an
alternative hao, Zhongshan, or by his original given name (ming), Wen. In the introduction
to this text he is referred to as Sun Zhongshan and in the following paragraph Mao calls him
"Mr. Zhongshan." For the sake of consistency we have rendered this as "Mr. Yatsen," even
though that would sound odd in Chinese.