Letter to Wu Yuzhang[1]

(December 1939)

Elder Wu:

I have written something of a theoretical nature[2], the purpose of which is mainly to refute the diehards. I am sending it to you and request that you kindly read and correct it. Your guidance would be deeply appreciated!

Mao Zedong
Immediately

[1] Wu Yuzhang (1878–1966), a native of Rong County, Sichuan. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he served as a standing committee member of the Cultural Association of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, president of the Lu Xun Academy of Art and Literature, and director of the Cultural Work Committee of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Government.

[2] Refers to the article "The Politics of New Democracy and the Culture of New Democracy" written by Mao Zedong, published in February 1940 in the inaugural issue of *Chinese Culture* in Yan'an. The title of this article was later changed to "On New Democracy."