Letter on Work Arrangements for Jing Siyou** (September 8, 1951)

**I**
Comrade Daoheng:
A letter from Jing Siyou is attached for your perusal. Regarding the matter mentioned therein about disrespect shown to Jing in the countryside of Xupu, please investigate and handle it as appropriate. After the 1911 Revolution, Jing served as an English teacher at our school. What he has done over the past forty years, and whether he had any relations with the Kuomintang reactionaries, I am completely unaware of. Please inquire with Cheng Songyun, Cheng Xingling, and others, as well as the Yuanling Prefectural Committee, and decide whether to help him resolve his work issue in Changsha. As for his request to go to Japan, there is no such possibility at present.
With salutations,
Mao Zedong
September 8

**II**
Mr. Jing:
Your esteemed letter of August 22 has been received and noted. The situation in the countryside you described deserves attention. I have forwarded your letter to the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee for investigation and handling. The matter of you going out for work will also be handled by the Hunan Provincial Committee with appropriate assistance. If you are interested, you may correspond and consult with Comrade Liu Daoheng, Head of the United Front Work Department of the Hunan Provincial Committee.
This is my reply. With respectful regards,
Mao Zedong
September 8, 1951
(Published based on the manuscript.)

**Note**
Jing Siyou, once studied in Japan, served as an advisor to Li Zongren and Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Constitutional Convention. Was living idle at home at the time. After 1951, served as a librarian at the Hunan Provincial Research Institute of Culture and History.
Cheng Songyun refers to Cheng Qian, then a member of the Central People's Government and Vice Chairman of the Central-South Military and Administrative Committee. Cheng Xingling, then Vice Chairman of the Hunan Provincial People's Government.

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