Letter to Sun Yi1
(February 7, 1945)
Comrade Sun Yi:
I received your letter quite a while ago. I asked Comrade Bian Zhangwu2 today
and learned that you are still in Yangjiawan. I am really sorry not to have
answered your letter until today! After so many years of hard work, I hope that
you will have a good rest. The Fifth Army Corps has a glorious history as well as
bitter experience. Now you can make a correct summary. When your rest and
study in Yan’an are almost over, I would like to have a talk with you. Please let
me know when the time comes.
Comradely salutations!
Mao Zedong
Notes
Our source for this document is Mao Zedong shuxin xuanji, pp. 254–55, where it is reproduced from the
manuscript.
1. Sun Yi (1904–2003) participated in the Ningdu Uprising in December 1931. Later, he took the positions
of the chief of staff of the Forty-first Division of the Fourteenth Army of the Fifth Army Group of the
Chinese Red Army and the chief of staff of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military District. He was at this time
studying at the Central Party School.
2. Bian Zhangwu (1900–1954) participated in the Ningdu Uprising in December 1931. Later, he took the
position of commander of the Fortieth Division of the Fourteenth Army of the Fifth Army Group. He was a

bureau head of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party during
the War of Resistance.