A Letter to Zhou Shizhao\[1\]
(December 13, 1963)

Brother Dunyuan:

I have read the letter from Brother Tian Renzun\[2\], in which he speaks of extreme hardship in his livelihood and seems to be seeking assistance. I am sending you five hundred yuan to pass on to Brother Tian Renzun. Please arrange for its transfer.

Best wishes!

Mao Zedong
December 13, 1963

If there are other impoverished teachers or friends suffering from difficulties in life and finding their days hard to endure, please let me know so that assistance can be rendered without delay. All such aid shall go through your hands. This is of the nature of socialist assistance. A postscript.

\[1\]
Zhou Shizhao, courtesy name Dunyuan, was a classmate of Mao Zedong at the Hunan First Normal School and then served as Vice Governor of Hunan Province.
\[2\]
Tian Renzun was a classmate of Mao Zedong at the Hunan First Normal School.