Letter to Hou Jiancun1
(October 21, 1943)
Doctor Hou:
Comrade Wu Jiqing (who used to be my bodyguard) works in the government of
the border region. His child is seriously ill, and the other doctors do not know
what to do. I wonder if I could trouble you to check and see whether there is still
hope? Is this possible?
Salutations!
Mao Zedong
Notes
Our source for this document is Mao Zedong shuxin xuanji, p. 216, where it is reproduced from the
manuscript.
1. Hou Jiancun was at this time the director of the Pediatrics Department of the Yan’an Central Hospital.