Talk during a Meeting with a Visiting Delegation of Gentry from the Longdong Subregion[1]

(September 1941)

When speaking about the relatively heavy burdens borne by the people in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, Mao Zedong said: We common people should take a broader and longer view. Today, China’s War of Resistance is in a difficult stage, and the construction of the Border Region is also in a difficult stage. As long as everyone works together to get through this period, everyone’s livelihood can then improve, and the burdens can also be lightened.

[1] This is part of Mao Zedong’s talk on the issue of the relatively heavy burdens borne by the people in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region during a meeting with a visiting delegation of gentry from the Longdong Subregion.