Comment on Report from Lijia zai on the Huai River Control Project
(October 1957)

Source: Kau & Leung, The Writings of Mao Zedong 1949-1976, Vol. II
Pages 756-756
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Premier,
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Comrade Kim Il Sung:

On the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the entrance of the Chinese
People’s Volunteers into the War to Resist U.S. [Aggression] and Aid Korea,! we
were honored to receive your message of congratulations. On behalf of the
government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese people, I express
my heartfelt gratitude to you and, through you, to the government and people of
the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The unbreakable, fraternal friendship between the Chinese and Korean peoples
has tremendous significance for guaranteeing the peaceful construction of our two
countries and for defending peace in Asia and the world.

May the Korean people achieve new successes in their great cause of building
socialism and striving for the peaceful unification of their homeland.

May the fraternal friendship between the Chinese and Korean peoples be
continuously consolidated and developed. |
(Signed as Chairman of PRC, dated, in Beijing)

Note

i. See text Oct. 8, 1950(1), vol. I, note I.

Comment on Report from Lijia zai!
on the Huai River Control Project

(October 1957)

Source: RMRB (Dec. 3, 1973), | (citation). Available English Translation: Cited
in CR (Jan. 1967), 36.

The Foolish Old Man moved the mountain; [it is in this way that we will]
transform China. Lijia zai is a good example of this [spirit].

Notes

1. Lijia zai is located in Junan xian, Shandong Province.

2. The Huai River Control Project was inaugurated in 1950. See text May 9, 1951,
source note.

3. The story of “The Foolish Old Man who Moved the Mountain” is a folktale derived

from the book Lie Zi. It epitomizes the value of perseverance and the belief that through hard
work and unflagging determination, human effort is bound to overcome natural obstacles,
however forbidding they may appear. Mao made this story the subject of his famous speech
of June 11, 1945 (see SW, III, pp. 271-274).