Inscription for the Mourning of Li Shaoshi[1]

(October 1945)

Comrade Li Shaoshi was a good Communist Party member. His tragic death is a cause for eternal grief and remembrance!

Mao Zedong

[1] This is the mourning inscription written by Mao Zedong for Li Shaoshi, a staff member of the Southern Bureau who was mistakenly shot and killed by a Kuomintang soldier during the Chongqing negotiations.

Inscription for the Mourning of Li Shaoshi

Comrade Li Shaoshi, in his lifetime, was untrammeled and magnanimous, unassuming by nature, never fussing over petty gains or obscure recognition in all his dealings, and lofty in aspiration.