Letter to Yi Nanping
(December 21, 1952)

Source: Shuxin, p. 454.

According to the source, Yi was a schoolmate of Mao's when Mao studied at the
Higher Middle School of Hunan Province ( which later changed its name to First Middle School of Hunan Province).

MY dear Nanping:'

I have received the book and the two hundred copies which you so graciously
sent to me on December 6, 1952. Thank you very much! If you are weak and
suffering from many illnesses, it would not be appropriate for you to leave
your home, least of all to come to the capital, I am remitting [with this letter]
three million rmb to help out with [your] medical expenses. I would be grateful if from time to time you would instruct me on the situation in our home vil-

In response, and with my best wishes for your health and well-being.
Mao Zedong
December 21, 1952

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