Letter to Huang Yanpei[1]
(December 16, 1956)
Mr. Renzhi:
Your esteemed letter has been received and noted. The previous letter[2] contains no profound meaning, and it would be appropriate not to publish it. In the Shuidiao Getou, the "hu" in "Shizhe ru si hu" is incorrect; please change it to the character "fu." Please convey 500 yuan each to Mr. Wu Hufan and Mr. Zhang Shutong[3] respectively. I would be grateful if you could forward these on my behalf.
Mao Zedong
December 16, 1956
[1] Huang Yanpei, courtesy name Renzhi, was then Chairman of the China Democratic National Construction Association and Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
[2] Refers to Mao Zedong's letter to Huang Yanpei dated December 4, 1956.
[3] Wu Hufan, after the founding of New China, served as a member of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a painter at the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Branch of the China Artists Association, and a member of the Shanghai Research Institute of Culture and History. Zhang Shutong, after the founding of New China, served as a painter at the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy and a member of the Research Institute of Culture and History of both Jiangsu Province and Shanghai Municipality.