Letter to Comrade Li Da
(September 17, 1952)

Source: HO (Jan. 1, 1979), 8. Other Chinese Text: Shuxin, p, 445.

See text Mur. 27, 1951, for more correspondence Jrom Maa te Li, and for biographi-
Gal Information on Li, The HQ source provides some information that we have incor-
Porated inns oir notes,

Dear Haoming:'

Vhave received your letter of September 11 and also the several previous
ets. The three characters “Aiwan ting” have been written on the separate
lenclosed) sheet,”
ha third line in paragraph 10. chapter 4, of “On Contradiction” reads: “In
Y contradiction, and also at any time, the development of the contradictory
SPects is uneven,” Here the eight characters [for] “and also at any time”
* ld be deleted. They have already been deleted in the second printing of
™ ume | of Xuanji (Selected Works|_" Please pay attention to this when you
ite the explanations.’

KSEE



Wishing you well in your teaching.
Mao Zedong

September 17, 1952

Notes

1, See text Mar. 27, 1951, note 1. See also text Nov. 17, 1949, note 2.
2. Aiwan ting is a scenic spot on Mount Yuelu, Changsha, Hunan Province, and it'w
pletely renovated in 1952. Li Da was then president of Hunan University. At the requess,
Mao inscribed in his own hand the three characters "Ai wan ting.” ,
3. See revised version in SW, 1V, p. 333, middle of first paragraph.
4. See text Mar. 27, L951, note |