Poem for Liu Ya-tzu I cannot forget how in Canton we drank tea and in Chungking went over our poems when leaves were yellowing. Thirty-one years ago and now we come back at last to the ancient capital Peking. In this season of falling flowers I read your beautiful poems. Be careful not to be torn inside. Open your vision to the world. Don't say that waters of Kumming Lake are too shallow. We can watch fish better here than in the Fuchun River in the south.

There is great disorder in the heavens, and the situation is excellent.

Firstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.

Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.

The most important thing is to be strong. With strength, one can conquer others, and to conquer others gives one virtue.

We should encourage comrades to take the interests of the whole into account. Every Party member, every branch of work, every statement and every action must proceed from the interests of the whole Party; it is absolutely impermissible to violate this principle.

There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.