Letter to Hu Qiaomu
(May 27, 1944)
Qiaomu:
This article1 is very realistic and lively, and it reflects and concretely resolves the
circumstances and problems concerning yangge drama in recent years. Apart
from publishing it in the newspaper, it can be printed in the form of a small
booklet to serve as a textbook. It would be best to move the endnotes to the
beginning and to expand them by a few more sentences. Please discuss this with
the author.
Mao Zedong
Notes
Our source for this text is Mao Zedong shuxin xuanji, p. 232, where it is reproduced from the manuscript.
1. Referring to: Ai Qing, “On the Forms of Yangge Drama,” Jiefang ribao, June 28, 1944.