Instructions Regarding Measures for Handling Schools, Inscriptions, Buildings, and Other Memorials Commemorating Wu Xun [1] (July 7, 1951) These may be approved. However, emphasis should be placed on educational explanation; the remaining matters can be dealt with at a leisurely pace. Mao Zedong, July 7, printed from the handwritten draft. Note [1] These instructions were written on a report dated July 2, 1951, submitted by the Propaganda Department of the CPC North China Bureau to the Central Propaganda Department. The North China Bureau’s report stated: The Hebei Provincial Committee has put forward proposals for dealing with existing memorials to Wu Xun and has sought instructions from the North China Bureau. Our view is that, first, extensive education should be conducted among the masses to resolve the issue ideologically, after which specific measures can be taken according to different circumstances. (1) As for private Wu Xun schools (such as the Beijing Wu Xun Primary School), once discussions about Wu Xun and the film “The Story of Wu Xun” have reached a more mature stage, these institutions may themselves propose renaming and reorganization; we agree to approve such changes, allowing them to remain private schools. Public Wu Xun schools (such as the Pingyuan Wu Xun Normal School), once teachers, staff, and students have clarified their thinking, should change their names. (This has already been done with the provincial Tangyi Normal School.) (2) With regard to inscriptions, buildings, and other structures commemorating Wu Xun, after educating the masses to correctly understand Wu Xun, these items should be voluntarily dismantled by the people. Stone carvings, statues, pillars, and steles are to be removed; portraits are to be defaced; the Wu Xun Memorial Grove is to be renamed. However, we believe that Wu Xun’s grave and its tombstone should be preserved.