Elegiac Couplet for the Martyrs of the War of Resistance Against Japan[1]

(June 17, 1945)

Born for the people, died for the people, your cause shall forever share immortality with the people;
Came for victory, departed for victory, our task is to march forward courageously toward victory.

[1] On June 17, 1945, a memorial service for the martyrs of China was held in Yan'an. This is the elegiac couplet presented by Mao Zedong on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.