Inscription for the First Issue of the Magazine
Chinese Women Published in Yan'an
(June 1, 1939)

Women have been liberated and are emerging suddenly as a new force;
Two hundred million in number, they have valiantly roused themselves.
When men and women keep abreast of one another, it is like the sun rising from
the east;
Thus they subdue their enemies; will the latter not fall?
The way to reach our goal is through arduous struggle;
Nothing in this world is difficult; where there is a will, it can eventually be achieved.
The publication of a women's magazine is like clouds in the midst of a drought;
I expect to see this magazine be popular indeed.

This inscription was first published in Renmin ribao, September 20, 1977. We have translated it from Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 6, p. 39, which reproduces the text from this
source.
Speech Given at the Meeting to Commemorate
the Third Anniversary of the Anti-Japanese
Military and Political University
(June 1, 1939)

(Special to our paper)... First there was the grand review of the guards of honor. Majestic
martial music was played in the splendor of the sunset, as several thousand valiant fighters,
in high spirits and in good order, lined up around the meeting place, saluting the officials
who walked past them to review them---Comrade Mao Zedong, all the responsible comrades of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and the vice-president of
the Anti-Japanese University, Luo Ruiqing, and others.
After the review was over, because of filming, the order of the proceedings was temporarily changed. First of all, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Comrade Mao
Zedong, was asked to give his speech. Then, his strong and loud and clear voice struck the
hearts of this group of young people:

Today is your third anniversary. The Anti-Japanese University has been in operation for three years, and our War of Resistance has been going on for nearly two
years. The Anti-Japanese University is for resistance against Japan. The purpose
of the Anti-Japanese University is to overthrow Japanese imperialism and thoroughly liberate the Chinese nation. For the past three years the Anti-Japanese University has created many strong anti-Japanese cadres to go to the front, to the
enemy's rear, to attack the enemy, and to destroy the enemy...
In our country today there are still many people of the Wang [Jingwei] faction-capitulationists, those in the capitulation faction. They are not in favor of
carrying through the War of Resistance to the end. They advocate making peace
with Japanese imperialism, and they advocate compromise and surrender. What
are we to do? We shall oppose surrender. "Carry on the War of Resistance until the
very end" is still Chairman Chiang's rallying call and is supported by the people
throughout the country. We of the Anti-Japanese University are all in favor of "Opposing surrender and carrying out the War of Resistance to the end." Among those
of us of the Anti-Japanese University, there can be no one who will not fight to the
very end, there can be no one who will not oppose surrender, and there cannot be

This summary of Mao's remarks was first published in the Yan'an Xin Zhonghua bao, June
6, 1939. We have translated it from Mao Zedong ji. Bujuan, Vol. 6, pp. 41-42, which reproduces the text from this source.