Letter to Zhou Yang\[1\] Regarding the Inscription for the Chuxian Prefecture Cultural Work Troupe in Northern Anhui
(November 13, 1951)

Comrade Zhou Yang:
(1) The inscription\[2\] has been written as requested, but do not print and distribute it elsewhere, for the tasks elsewhere are not all in the countryside. (2) When you set out to participate in the land reform, you may find a time for a discussion; at present I have no time.

Mao Zedong
November 13

\[1\] Zhou Yang, then serving as Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee.
\[2\] Refers to Mao Zedong’s inscription for the Cultural Work Troupe of Chuxian Prefecture, Northern Anhui Area: “Face the Countryside.”

Inscription for the Chuxian Prefecture Cultural Work Troupe
(November 13, 1951)

Face the Countryside.