Letter to Mao Senpin[1]
(February 10, 1955)

Brother Senpin:

Your kind letter has been received.

I am sending you two million yuan[2] in Renminbi, to assist with the medical treatment of your esteemed ailment. In order to carry out your proposal for economizing, I hope you will not come to the capital.

With wishes for progress

Mao Zedong
February 10, 1955

[1] Mao Senpin, a classmate of Mao Zedong when he studied at the Dongshan School in Xiangxiang County, Hunan Province during his youth.
[2] This is calculated in the Renminbi then in circulation. Converted according to the new Renminbi issued by the People's Bank of China starting March 1, 1955, it equals 200 yuan (1 new yuan equals 10,000 old yuan).