I will die for my country and am willing to fight for my glory.

——Zhu De

The beautiful rivers and mountains are in order, and all the people are the masters.

—— Zhu De

Zhu De: Those who hope to be promoted and make a fortune should never come to my place

Those who hope to be promoted and make a fortune should never come to my place; If you want to be patriotic and sacrifice everything, and can endure hard work, you might as well come here. In our army, everyone is treated equally. I have been sharing the joys and sorrows with the soldiers for more than ten years, and it is a great pleasure. Therefore, everything is easy to handle... In order to maintain good discipline in the army, I have never asked for a penny. It is difficult for the public and me to entertain any idlers, so this is the only way.

——A letter from Zhu De

[Background]

This is the first time Zhu De has written a letter home in the ten years since he joined the Anti-Japanese War (1937) . He knew that his family members were implicated because of his participation. In this letter he expressed his noble sentiments.

He wrote in another letter:

With brother Ling:

We have been quite interested in fighting for several months. Although the Japanese invaders occupied many of our places, we restored many famous cities and went deep into the Peiping area behind the enemy's rear. We fought against the Japanese invaders day and night and won big and small victories every day. Chakan can tell you that yesterday Deng Huilin, Xu Pengyang, Liu Wanfang and others came to Shanxi with the 41st Army and came to my place. They talked about their friends in their hometown and learned about their whereabouts from the words, which was very refreshing. He also talked about the current situation of my family, which is quite desolate. It is also common in the era of bankruptcy, and I can no longer take care of them. But there are two mothers in the family, both of whom gave birth to me and raised me. They are already eighty years old and still healthy. However, due to the lack of food this year, I may not be able to survive this year, and I cannot borrow money. I have had no money for more than ten years. Money will be the same in the future. I am raising 200 Chinese yuan from you as a good friend and send it to Zhu Lishu at home immediately. I can't pay you back the money, so please make a donation. I also wrote to Brother Nanxi [sending] two hundred yuan, which may not be reliable. I hope you will reply to me. At this time, peace is near.