To Wang Yijiu[1]

(1947)

The Renminbi belongs to the state and is issued by the government. Therefore, my portrait must not be printed on the banknotes.

[1] This is the main content of Mao Zedong's telegram to Wang Yijiu regarding the Renminbi. Wang Yijiu was the designer of China's first set of Renminbi.

A sketch portrait of Mao Zedong created for the (fifth edition) Renminbi.