Three Old Articles (China)

[1] Serve the People (Chinese: 为人民服务) is a speech written by Mao Zedong to commemorate the death of a People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldier, Zhang Side, a participant in the Long March who died in the collapse of a kiln when he worked in Shaanxi province.

In the speech, Mao quoted a phrase written by the famous Han dynasty historian Sima Qian: "Though death befalls all men alike, it may be heavy as Mount Tai or light as a feather".

Bethune helped bring modern medicine to rural China, treating both sick villagers and wounded soldiers.

He later died of blood poisoning after accidentally cutting his finger while operating on wounded Chinese soldiers.

[7] In a closing speech entitled "The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains" at the 7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party on June 11, 1945, Mao Zedong recounted the story, re-interpreting it as a call for collective action.

[7] In the early days of the Cultural Revolution, all students in mainland China studied "Quotations from Chairman Mao" and the "Three Old Articles", and they were required to recite them.