ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a letter to Li Jinxi by his younger schoolmate Mao Zedong in November 9,1915 to ask something the voices of evil grow louder and louder, and justice is obstructed. Mao Zedong stands out as one of the dominant figures of the twentieth century. Guerrilla leader, strategist, conqueror, ruler, poet, and philosopher, he placed his imprint on China, and on the world. In this letter, he also asks Zisheng to make a pleasure trip out of town on Sunday morning. Twelve of the twenty surviving texts from the years 1915 and 1916 are letters to Xiao Zisheng, also known as Xiao Xudong and Xiao Yu, who was one of Mao's two most intimate friends during his years at First Normal School. Xiao Zisheng then returned to Changsha to take up a position as principal of the primary school attached to First Normal School.
