Letter to Guo Moruo1
(January 9, 1944)
Brother Guo Moruo:
I have received “Hufu”2 and read the entire play, which deeply moved me. You
have done a lot of extremely beneficial revolutionary cultural work. I commend
you.
Mao Zedong
January 9, Yan’an
Notes
Our source for this text is Mao Zedong shuxin xuanji, p. 221, where it is reproduced from Mao’s handwritten
manuscript.
1. On Guo Moruo, see note to the previous text, “Letter to Yang Shaoxuan and Qi Yanming.”
2. “Hufu” (The Tiger Tally), a modern spoken drama written by Guo Moruo in February 1942, is set during
the period of the ancient Warring States.