Errors in Books and Newspapers Must Be Corrected
(April 1949)

Comrade Editor of the Beiping Liberation Daily:

I am enclosing a correction slip, and would request its publication.

Mao Zedong
April 25

In the article “The May 4th Movement” by Mao Zedong carried in our paper on April 25, there are several textual errors, which are corrected as follows:
(1) In “二十年的五四运动” (“The May 4th Movement of twenty years”), the character “前” (before) is missing after the character “年” (year).
(2) In “使中国反帝反封建的资产阶级及民主革命获得了一支生力军” (“enabling China’s anti-imperialist and anti-feudal bourgeois and democratic revolution to gain a fresh force”), the character “及” (and) is superfluous.
(3) “它从封建主义社会看来,要到社会主义社会去,” “看”

[1] Mao Zedong was always meticulous and scrupulous in the writing and printing of his manuscripts. Whenever he discovered errors, he unequivocally issued public corrections. He personally wrote a number of corrections, two of which are selected here.
[2] The Beiping Liberation Daily was the organ of the CPC Beiping Municipal Committee. It was launched in March 1949 and ceased publication on August 1 of the same year.