A Poster to Encourage Literacy
English Translation
Big characters: If a tree is to flourish, its roots must be cultivated; if the foundation of a nation is to be secure, the people must be educated.
On the pine root: Republic of China.
On the clothes, stones, and baskets: Illiteracy, Mass Education Movement, Education for the Common People.
On the logo: Literacy through Understanding the Way.
Border: National Christian Council of China, Church Members’ Literacy Movement Picture No. 1
With pencil marks: “A Poster to Encourage Literacy,” “Removing the Stones of Ignorance,” “Fertilizing the Tree (China) with Education for the Masses.”
Simplified Transcription
大字：要树木茂盛，须培植树根；要国基地铁，须教育民众
松根上：中华民国
衣服、石头、篮子上：不识字、平教运动、平民教育
标志上：明道识字
国境：中华全国基督教协进会教友识字运动图画第一幅