Inscription for the Special Issue
Commemorating the Passing of Mr. Zou
Taofen1
(November 15, 1944)
With a deep love for the people, sincerely serving the people, bending his back to
the task until his dying day—this is the spirit of Mr. Zou Taofen and this is why
he deeply touches us.
Notes
Our source for this document is Nianpu, Vol. 2, pp. 558–59, which indicates that Mao drafted this text for
Jiefang ribao’s special issue commemorating Zou Taofen.
1. Zou Taofen (1895–1944) was a noted liberal journalist in Republican China and a leader of the anti-Japanese National Salvation Movement in the 1930s.