Elegiac Couplet Mourning the Death of
Zhu De’s Mother1
(April 10, 1944)
Virtuous mother of a national hero for all mothers;
she is a paragon of virtue of the working class.
Notes
Our source for this document is Nianpu, Vol. 2, p. 506.
1. Presented by Mao, as chair of the memorial meeting for Zhu De’s mother, in the Yangjialing
auditorium, Yan’an.