Letter to Zhang Ruiqi [I]
(December 1949)
Comrade Ruiqi:
I am sending Comrade Ma Hanrong to attend your wedding. I wish you both a lifetime together growing old as a couple, and may you strive to make more contributions to the construction of the new China. I am also sending along one hundred yuan, please accept it.
Mao Zedong
[I]
Zhang Ruiqi became Mao Zedong's guard on December 28, 1944, and the following year became the head of the guard squad. He left Beijing and returned to his hometown in 1949. On December 30, 1949, Zhang Ruiqi's wedding was held in Yuanjiagou, Qingjian County, northern Shaanxi. Mao Zedong sent Ma Hanrong to attend the wedding and wrote this letter.