Letter to Wang Shoudao [1] (November 21, 1951)  Comrade Shoudao: Please see that this person [2] is afforded appropriate assistance in his living conditions. According to Principal Zhou Shizhao [3], this individual has devoted his entire life to education—he once served as a teacher at the First Normal School—and appears to have no record of misconduct.  Mao Zedong November 21  Printed from the manuscript.  Notes  [1] Wang Shoudao was then Chairman of the People’s Government of Hunan Province.  [2] Refers to Li Xing’an, whose original name was Li Lianqiao, and who had previously been a teacher at Hunan Provincial No. 1 Normal School.  [3] Zhou Shizhao was then Principal of Hunan Provincial No. 1 Normal School.