Inscription for the First Congress of the Cultural Association
of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region[1]
(January 1940)

Strive to build a new culture for the Chinese nation.
The direction of Lu Xun is the direction of the new culture of the Chinese nation.

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[1] The First Congress of the Cultural Association of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region was convened in Yan'an on January 4, 1940, and concluded on January 12. These are two inscriptions written by Mao Zedong for the congress.