徐特立同志是中国共产党的优秀党员,杰出的革命教育家。一九三七年,当徐老六十寿辰的时候,毛主席写了一封祝贺信,热情地赞扬他是“革命第一、工作第一、他人第一”;毛主席还在庆祝会上说:“我在湖南第一师范求学时,最敬佩两位老师,一位是杨怀中先生,一位是徐老。” Comrade Xu Teli is an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China and an outstanding revolutionary educator. In 1937, when Xu Lao 60th birthday, Chairman Mao wrote a letter of congratulation and warmly praised him as “the first in revolution, the first in work and the first in others”; Chairman Mao is still celebrating the meeting Said: “When I was the first teacher in Hunan, I most admired two teachers, one was Mr. Yang Huai-zhong and one was Mr. Xu.”