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sibility, failing to be "more concerned about others than about himself" as Chairman Mao teaches. I at once wrote a letter to the sender, asking him to give us the correct name and address. Sure enough, several days later we received a letter saying the name was not Fang Yu-hsi but Fang Yu-hsueh, that he did not work at the leather co-op but was only visiting a friend who worked there. The sender knew only that his friend's family name was Chi. 1 went to the co-op again and found a young man named Chi, but no one had visited him recently. When I told him the story he said a friend had come to see his father. At his father's home I learned the friend was Fang Yu-hsueh, who would have his padded trousers for the cold weather. Quite obviously, turning dead letters and parcels into live ones is mainly a matter of one's outlook on life. If we don't want to serve the people wholeheartedly, we'll be unable to do things which can be done. But, if we turn our deep proletarian feeling into devoted service to the people, we can do many things considered impossible, and do them well. Another thing I've learned is that we need to be good at using the scientific method if we're to do things well, even though we may have all the good intentions in the world. Chairman Mao says that "the law of the unity of opposites is the fundamental law of the universe." A letter's being dead or alive is not final and unchangeable. Things can be changed into their opposites. Over the years, studying the laws governing delivery work, I have acquired some experience in getting dead letters where they belong. When addresses are not pre- 44
Chao Ching-chuan delivering o letter to a commune member. cise, I consult old residents of the district. If it's a woman, I go to the older women for information. Mixups sometimes occur in names which sound correct but have been written wrongly; and I've found that house numbers often get reversed. A parcel from Ahjung 45
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