The Communist Party is talking about another kind of human feelings-two letters from Mao Zedong and Mao Anying to their relatives

Original title: the Communist Party is talking about another kind of human feelings

 

Editor (Editor: Huang Jin, Cheng Hongyi) Press: General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the First National Civilized Family Commendation Conference that family style is an important part of social atmosphere. If the family style is good, the family will prosper and be happy. Poor family style will inevitably bring harm to future generations and society. Every family should carry forward the fine family style and support the good atmosphere of the whole society with the good family style of tens of thousands of families. In particular, leading cadres at all levels should take the lead in cultivating a good family style, inherit and carry forward the red family style of the revolutionary predecessors, and set an example in the construction of family style. The family letter is a mirror that reflects the family style, which can reflect beliefs, ideals and pursuits. Mao Zedong's letter to Yang Kaihui's brother Yang Kaizhi on October 9, 1949, and later Mao Anying's letter to his cousin Xiang Sanli (selected from the Red Book Slips, edited by the Literature Research Office of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Archives, Shanxi People's Publishing House, September 2001), more than 60 years later, it still makes people deeply feel the lofty feelings of the Communists, which is worthy of our careful reading.

 

Mao Zedong to Yang Kaizhi

Mr. Yang Kaizhi, No.30, Upper Yingpan Street, Changsha:

I hope you will wait for the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China to assign jobs that meet your abilities. Don't have any extravagant hopes and don't come to Beijing. Hunan Province assigns you to do whatever work, everything according to normal rules, do not embarrass the government.

Mao Zedong

October 9th

Mao Anying to Sanli

comrade sanli:

Letter received. You have joined the revolutionary work, very happy. I called you the day before you left Sanfu Hotel, but you were not at home. When I called again the next day, the hotel clerk said that you had moved out. Later, I received a letter from Comrade Lin Ting, which did not mention your "whereabouts". I wanted to reply to him and ask where you were, but I lost his address along with the letter (by mistake). If you know his full address, please report.

I am very ashamed of my uncle's mention in the letter that he "hopes to have a position as a director in Changsha. In the new era, this idea of "becoming an official" in one step is extremely backward, and it is even more undesirable to think that I can "take office" through my father. The reason why New China is different from the old China, the reason why the Communist Party is different from the Kuomintang, the reason why Mao Zedong is different from Chiang Kai-shek, and the reason why Mao Zedong's children and uncles are different from Chiang Kai-shek's children and uncles, in addition to other more basic reasons, is here: The era when the emperor's relatives and relatives became rich and the minority ruled the majority is gone forever. The time has come to rely on one's own labor and ability to eat. On this point, the Chinese people have won a fundamental victory. I'm afraid I haven't realized this level of uncle yet. I hope he will slowly realize it, otherwise it will be difficult to work in the new China. Turning over is the turning over of the broad masses, not the turning over of a few special characters. The problems of life should be solved as a whole, not individually. The interests of the public should be taken into account first and foremost. Individualism is impossible. I'm going to write a letter to tell my uncle about this.

 

The reactionaries often scold the Communist Party for having no human feelings and not talking about human feelings. If they are referring to this kind of human feelings that help relatives, friends and colleagues from the same village to become officials and make money, then our Communist Party does not have this kind of "human feelings" and does not talk about this kind of "human feelings". The Communist Party has another kind of human feelings, that is, its infinite love for the people and the working masses, including its own parents, children and relatives. Of course, there is a special feeling for one's close relatives, for one's father, mother, son, daughter, wife, uncle, brother, brother, aunt and uncle, a deep feeling of people related to blood and family. The Communist Party not only does not deny this special feeling, but also consolidates it and strives to advocate a correct path that is in line with the interests of the people and is beneficial to the people. However, if such special feelings go beyond the private sphere and contradict the interests of the people, the Communist Party will resolutely stand on the latter side, that is, it will not hesitate to "destroy relatives with righteousness.

I love my grandmother, and I have deep feelings for her that I can't describe, but she may be calling me "unfilial" now, calling me for not taking care of the Yang family and the Xiang family. I have to endure this kind of scolding. I must never and will never do things against the principle. I am a very ordinary small screw of a great machine. At the same time, I have no "power", no "capital", and no "ambition" to do these things to help my relatives rise. As for his father, he is the most resolute opponent of this approach, because this approach is incompatible with communism and Mao Zedong Thought, and is incompatible with the interests of the people. It is extremely unfair and extremely unreasonable. unreasonable.

 

The contradiction between the collectivism of the proletariat-the mass viewpoint-and the individualism of the bourgeoisie-the individual viewpoint is precisely the essence of our disagreement with my uncle. These two ideas are still in sharp struggle even in our minds, but the former has the advantage. And in the uncle's mind, and in the minds of many others like him, it is the latter who has the absolute advantage, or all of it, although his own nature may not necessarily be bad.

On the issue of compensating the families of martyrs, it is reported that your letter has been received. The matter has been transferred to the organization department, but you must be mentally prepared: it will not be possible to do it soon. With fewer cadres and more things to do, Hunan will be liberated again. I'm afraid it will be delayed. Please remember what my father once said to his relatives: "The problem of life must be solved as a whole, not individually. "The life problems referred to here mainly refer to economic difficulties, while the so-called whole solution mainly refers to the industrial revolution, land reform, unified pension for the families of martyrs, etc., which means that the problems of life difficulties should be solved in the same way as the vast number of poor people. At a certain time, we should tolerate a period of time and wait for a period of time just like millions of poor people. Don't expect to do a good job in life at once, better than others. Of course, starvation is not necessary.

 

A letter from your father asking for a pension was also received. As the matter has been dealt with by your letter, we will not reply. Please tell your father and give him my regards.

You may have started to work now. Hope to start from scratch, start from childhood, don't want to take any responsibility at once. First of all, we should learn from others. I don't hate to do small things and do technical things. I didn't understand this truth in the past. I have encountered many nails, but now I am a little sensible-that is to say, I not only know how to serve the people well, but also begin to know how to serve the people well and what attitude to serve the people.

Serving the people sounds good and easy to say, but it is really not easy to do, especially for our group of intellectuals who have petty-bourgeois personal heroism and have not been tested by struggle.

The letter has been written so long that it is no longer written. I hope you will forgive me if there is anything wrong.

Wish you health!

Shore English

24 October

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Source: Learning Times