Letter to Li Na

Li Na, my child:

Your letter received, and I am extremely pleased. Great improvement, great lofty aspirations and bold vision, great self-criticism, great pain and heartache—all of these are excellent. You have from this moment stood up. Therefore, I think of you most dearly and offer you my congratulations. Read lightly, do not be impatient, be sociable, be open and cheerful, talk more with your schoolmates, open your hearts to each other, learn from others’ strengths, overcome your own weaknesses—great things lie ahead.

Papa
January 15