Inscription in Commemoration of Sports Day[1]

(September 9, 1942)

Build up your physique, to fight Japan well.

Mao Zedong

[1] From September 1 to 6, 1942, to commemorate Sports Day, Yan'an held the "September 1 Expanded Sports Meet." This is the inscription written by Mao Zedong for Sports Day. The exact date of the inscription is unknown. It was published in the *New China Daily* on September 9, 1942. The date of publication is used here.