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A Comment on Three Articles Published in *Wenyi Bao*
(31 December 1962)

Jiang Qing:

Here are three articles[1], worth a look. Return them to me after reading.

Mao Zedong
31 December, 4:30 a.m.

The two articles by Zhou Xinfang and Gai Jiaotian[2] have also been read. I find them not bad; Gai’s article is somewhat better.

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[1] Refers to the three articles published in *Wenyi Bao*, Issue No. 12, dated 11 December 1962: Zhang Guangnian’s “The Proletariat’s Genius Singer,” Xiao San’s “The First Revolutionary Song of the World Proletariat,” and Shi Lemeng’s “March Forward Singing Revolutionary Battle Songs!” These three articles commemorate the authors of *The Internationale*, Pottier and Degeyter.

[2] Refers to the two articles published in *Wenyi Bao*, Issue No. 12: Peking opera performing artist Zhou Xinfang’s “We Must Weed Through the Old to Bring Forth the New” and Peking opera performing artist Gai Jiaotian’s “I Examine Myself Three Times Each Day.”